Page 3 - Dynamic Learning Maps News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Report underscores effectiveness of Dynamic Learning Maps assessment

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will administer in-person spring state assessments in federal and state guidance, according to an April 15 statement. Assessments for the current academic year will not be waived as they were last year because of the pandemic. The district was given the option to administer the assessments in either the spring or the fall. District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton said the tests will be given in the spring to prevent state testing twice — once in the fall and again in the spring — the following school year. “We believe we are preserving instructional tim...

Credit: (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) File photo The Murphy administration has wrapped up its plans to postpone standardized testing for this school year, confirming with districts this week that there will be no state testing this spring and telling them to be ready for it in the fall instead. The state Department of Education on Wednesday alerted districts to the final plan, ending months of speculation — and considerable confusion — as to what the administration sought to do and what the federal government would allow. The state last week had initially informed districts of its plans ...

Tue, 04/06/2021 LAWRENCE — Jake Thompson, senior psychometrician with Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems at the University of Kansas, has received a $225,000 grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Educational Research. Titled Improving Software and Methods for Estimating Diagnostic Classification Models and Evaluating Model Fit, the grant will help reduce hurdles among educational researchers. “Diagnostic classification models are flexible and informative, but the code knowledge required is a significant barrier to entry,”...

New Jersey plans to funnel $1.2 billion to mostly low-income school districts and for mental health programs, Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday. His administration will also seek a federal waiver for statewide assessments this spring.  The use of federal coronavirus relief funds should help give school communities flexibility and support, Murphy said, to "best meet the individual needs of their students during this challenging time." He has noted many times in the past how virtual schooling has added a new layer of stress on students and their families.  "Educators and students have endured ...