From Lanier, J. and Cusick, P. (1985). An Oath for Professional Educators. Phi Delta Kappan, v66 n10, p711-12, June. The Educators Oath I hereby affirm my dedication to the profession of education. With this affirmation I embrace the obligations of professional educators to improve the general welfare, to advance human understanding and competence, and to bring honor […]
In the 2015 Spring semester, the iStudio hosted the College Mentors for Kids program, merging the experience of children interacting with College students with learning through digital technologies. to use televisual broadcast technologies. Each visit is tailored to the requests of the student group. The first event took place on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 and centered around giving […]
Rosaen, Lundeberg Cooper, Fritzen, Terpstra. “Noticing Noticing: How Does Investigation of Video Records Change How Teachers Reflect on their Experiences?” Journal of Teacher Education. 59 (2008): 347-360. Scholars from Michigan State University found that video reflection results in an in-depth focus on students over teachers as compared to memory reflection which tends to skew toward […]
In the 2014 spring semester, BSU held a Graduate Research Symposium on a range of topics corresponding to Education studies. It culminated with a keynote speech from Dr. Yong Zhao. Zhao is the Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education at the University of Oregon. He is an internationally known scholar focusing on […]
“The revolution now under way in student assessment will have profound consequences for schools, teachers, and every public school parent in the nation” (ETS, 2012, pg. 5). According this publication by ETS, the most profound changes in the future of effective assessment exist in the realm of technology. “The benefits of using technology in assessments […]
In regards to assessment, one goal of the U.S. Department of Education is that “Our education system at all levels will leverage the power of technology to measure what matters and use assessment data for continuous improvement” (ED.gov, 2010). According to the U.S. DOE website, schools must collect and aggregate student-learning data via processes that […]
According to this report, “The use of student data systems to improve education and help students succeed is a national priority” (Means et al., 2010, pg. ix). The report presents data from a national district survey combined with site visits conducted during 2007-08, examining the level of implementation of data-driven decision making at the local […]
According to Chingos (2012) “In the coming years, states will need to make the most significant changes to their assessment systems since the passage of NCLB as they implement the Common Core State Standards” (Chingos, 2012, pg. 1). In this report, the author stresses the significance of reliable, effective assessment systems, and the costs required […]
The National Center on Response to Intervention was established by the American Institutes for Research and researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Kansas through funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs. “The Center’s mission is to provide technical assistance to states and districts and building the capacity of […]
Muoneke (2007) outlines the core principles of a Response to Intervention approach, followed by this definition of RTI: “RTI presents a well-integrated system of instruction and intervention designed for implementation across general and specific educational based on students’ academic performance and behavior data.” (Muoneke, 2007). The author continues by examining some of the essential components […]