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T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Judith B. Rajala |
Education Reform Education reform is the comprehensive and prioritized change within the field of K-12 education that promotes the overall improvement of student performance and academic achievement. The NCLB Act targets four basic education reform principles. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2005 |
ETS Introduces Comprehensive K-12 Student Achievement Solution Educational Testing Service has launched a customizable, comprehensive suite of K-12 products and services that helps schools improve student achievement. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Cathryn Harvey |
Special Education Solutions in the Age of NCLB While an individualized approach to connecting assessment with instruction is helping mainstream students succeed, there have not been solutions that special education teachers can adopt in helping with the issues surrounding standardized testing. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Title I-- and Then Some School districts are getting creative in finding ways to finance technology purchases, blending Title I dollars with money from numerous other funding sources. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2007 |
VantagePoint by Turning Technologies Turning Technologies is adding to its line of assessment products with the recent acquisition of Totus and the company's web-based data assessment software, which will be released as VantagePoint |
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Why Aren't Dollars Following Need? The need for professional development is enormous and expressed; the question is, where's the money? |
T.H.E. Journal October 2005 Barlow & Wetherill |
Tech + Imagination = Results Inspired technology initiatives driven by one university project are changing the way teachers instruct and assess, but most importantly, the way today's students learn. |
T.H.E. Journal October 6, 2009 David Nagel |
iNACOL Publishes Standards for K-12 Online Programs The K-12 research and advocacy association iNACOL has published the first-ever standards for K-12 online education programs, National Standards for Quality Online Programs. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Geoffry Fletcher |
Assessing Technology Integration We need a significant overall change in education - especially in curriculum and instruction - and technology can be the catalyst for this change. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2006 |
Assessment Testing >> In Their Hands Handheld devices empower teachers with assessment data they can put to immediate use. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Wayne Moore |
Facts and Assumptions of Assessment: Technology, The Missing Link The infusion of technology in schools has opened the door for opportunities to challenge governing bodies to use the technology to provide student assessment that will measure their abilities for connecting knowledge learned with real-world applications. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Sylvia Charp |
Assessment and Accountability Assessment and accountability are not new to educators, but they have been brought to the forefront as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires states to conduct annual mathematics and reading tests in grades 3-8. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 David Lee Smith |
McGraw-Hill Prints a Good One The publisher and information provider displayed strength in all three of its operating segments for the first quarter. Investors, take note. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2000 |
Director 8 K-12 Edition Macromedia's Director 8 K-12 Edition is a special version of the Web site creation tool, designed to bring powerful multimedia into the K-12 classroom... |
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Sylvia Charp |
Assessment and Accountability The No Child Left Behind Act requires the inclusion of all students in state assessment programs, and holds students and educators accountable for performance relative to state standards. However, a number of challenges still need to be addressed. |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2005 Tom Taulli |
McGraw-Hill Gains Power At age 73, it was time for J.D. Power III to find an exit. In this case, the buyer of the marketing information firm was another renowned family business, McGraw-Hill. But the deal-making means a short-term negative for the publisher. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2003 Judith B.Rajala |
Education Technology Training This column focuses on education technology training, which refers to understanding the concepts of technological processes and applying them to teaching and learning. |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 David Lee Smith |
McGraw-Hill: Punished for Performance The publisher posts solid numbers, but gets blasted anyway. Is the company still worth investors' attention? |
T.H.E. Journal April 2007 |
LAS Links Report Pack by CTB-McGraw-Hill CTB/McGraw-Hill has released a new English- and Spanish-language assessment reporting system, LAS Links Report Pack. |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2004 Phil Wohl |
McGraw-Hill Means Business The publishing and financial firm reports strong results for the second quarter. If the company were to be split up, I see the Financial Unit being a strong buy and the Education Unit a hold at best. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Getting Beyond Us vs. Them Our recent conference reveals the common ground K-12 and higher ed share in the effort to bring technology into learning. |
T.H.E. Journal July 1, 2009 David Nagel |
Meta-Analysis: Is Blended Learning Most Effective? The United States Department of Education reported recently that it's found some evidence to support the notion that blended learning is more effective than either face to face or online learning by themselves. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2006 Neal Starkman |
Formative Assessment: Building a Better Student By testing academic performance at regular intervals, formative assessment strategies regard every child as a work in progress. |
Geotimes October 2004 Jay Chapman |
Seeing No Child Left Behind The highly controversial No Child Left Behind Act is at the center of the election-year debate on education reform. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Kevin Hunter |
Smart' Technology Offers Schools New Solutions to Save Time and Money in the Changing Landscape of Education Schools, like many businesses today, are leveraging the power of technology to make their own operations - just like their students - smarter and more resourceful than ever. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Jordan DiPietro |
Should You Retire With McGraw-Hill? Most retirees need a combination of both growth and income. Does McGraw-Hill fit the bill? |
Information Today February 25, 2010 |
McGraw-Hill Professional Releases Select: eChapters in an Instant Select's collection contains more than 750 chapters of "market-leading information" pulled from a diverse book collection of authors and experts representing the best of McGraw-Hill Professional's library. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework According to surveyed school districts, the use of online assessment to track students' progress and performance is surprisingly widespread. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Steven Mallas |
McGraw-Hill's Educated Earnings Recent earnings were just OK, but the publisher's long-term prospects seem intact. |
Information Today June 30, 2011 |
McGraw-Hill Announces Development on AccessEngineering 3.0 McGraw-Hill has been a leader in providing highly valuable engineering information for more than 100 years to students and professionals. |
OCC Bulletin December 1, 2004 |
Notice of Comptroller of the Currency Fees for Year 2005 The purpose of this issuance is to inform all national banks and federal branches and agencies of fees charged by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for year 2005. Changes are effective January 1, 2005. |
Job Journal November 22, 2009 Wade Robins |
Five Steps Toward a Teaching Career If you have a talent for teaching, take these steps toward a classroom career. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2001 Matthew Miller |
Focus on Assessment Tools Exciting new assessment tools benefit both students and educators. These tools are making teaching simpler and more rewarding for instructors, because they can now concentrate more on their students' education and not on creating documents... |
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel |
Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States. |
T.H.E. Journal March 5, 2010 David Nagel |
National Ed Tech Plan Advocates Radical Reforms in Schools The U.S. Department of Education released the first public draft of the National Education Technology Plan. The document reveals an intent not only to infuse technology throughout the curriculum, but to implement some major changes to education itself. |
Information Today December 2000 |
XanEdu, McGraw-Hill Sign New, Comprehensive Agreement Bell & Howell Co. and its newest division, XanEdu, have announced the signing of a comprehensive licensing and distribution agreement with McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies... |
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller |
National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students. |