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Category: Smarter Balanced

January 6, 2025

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Assessments, Classroom Technology, Common Assessments, Digital Classroom, Edcite Schools, EdTech, Education, SBAC, Smarter Balanced, State Assessments

Benchmarks Approaching? Use Student Tutorials to Help Focus on the Test, Not Get Lost in the Tech!

Help students succeed on benchmark and state tests by teaching them how to use online testing tools and accommodations before… READ MORE
April 8, 2019

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ACT Aspire, AIR Tests, Assessments, Education, FSA Tests, MCAS Tests, Opinion, PARCC, SBAC, Smarter Balanced, State Assessments, Summative Assessments, Teachers, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips

3 Ways to Invest Students in State Assessments

State testing season causes many emotions for teachers and students alike. For teachers—it can feel like the measure of one’s… READ MORE
February 27, 2019

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ACT Aspire, AIR Tests, Art Teachers, Assessments, Assignment Library, CCSS, Classroom Technology, Digital Classroom, Edcite Tips, EdTech, Education, ELA, Electives, Elementary, ELL, Environmental Science, Eureka Math, Flipped Classroom, Formative Assessment, FSA Tests, Global Education, High School, Hispanic Heritage, History, Independent Practice, K-5, Languages, Literacy, Literature, Math, MCAS Tests, Middle School, PARCC, Poetry, Reading, Reading Passages, SBAC, Science, Smarter Balanced, Social Studies, STEM, Summative Assessments, Teachers, Teaching Resources, Theater and Drama

5 Tips for Using the Assignment Library

Edcite has over 35,000 assignments in the public assignment library covering grade levels, subjects, and standards! Every day teachers in… READ MORE
February 16, 2019

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Assessments, CCSS, Common Core, Education, Educational Values, PARCC, SBAC, Smarter Balanced, Teachers

The Common Core #10yearchallenge: Only 1 State to Continue Using PARCC Test

With Instagram’s latest #10yearchallenge and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signing executive orders to abandon the PARCC test, I… READ MORE
January 17, 2019

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Assessments, CCSS, Data Analysis, EdTech, Elementary, Eureka Math, K-5, Math, PARCC, SBAC, Smarter Balanced, Teaching Pedagogy, Teaching Tips

5 Steps to Ensure Your Lessons Are Aligned to State Standards

In Monday’s post, I stated the need for educators to engage regularly in meaningful data collection. Two beliefs and practices… READ MORE
January 5, 2019

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ACT Aspire, AIR Tests, Art Teachers, Assessments, Assignments and Items, Celebrating Edcite, Classroom Technology, Common Assessments, Common Core, Computer Science, Digital Classroom, Edcite Tips, EdTech, ELA, Electives, Elementary, ELL, Environmental Science, Flipped Classroom, FSA Tests, High School, K-5, Languages, Literacy, Math, MCAS Tests, Middle School, PARCC, Reading Passages, SBAC, Science, Smarter Balanced, Social Studies, STEM

Top Edcite Question Types of 2018: #1-15

Throughout the month of December we counted down the top Edcite question types answered by students in 2018! If you… READ MORE
January 3, 2019

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ACT Aspire, AIR Tests, Art Teachers, Assessments, Assignments and Items, Celebrating Edcite, Classroom Technology, Common Assessments, Common Core, Computer Science, Digital Classroom, Edcite Tips, EdTech, ELA, Electives, Elementary, ELL, Environmental Science, Flipped Classroom, FSA Tests, High School, K-5, Languages, Literacy, Math, MCAS Tests, Middle School, PARCC, Reading Passages, SBAC, Science, Smarter Balanced, Social Studies, STEM

Top Edcite Question Types of 2018: #16-31

Throughout the month of December we counted down the top Edcite question types answered by students in 2018! If you… READ MORE
December 31, 2018

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ACT Aspire, AIR Tests, Assessments, Assignments and Items, Classroom Technology, Common Assessments, Common Core, Digital Classroom, EdTech, ELA, Electives, Elementary, ELL, Environmental Science, Flipped Classroom, FSA Tests, High School, Hispanic Heritage, K-5, Languages, Literacy, Math, MCAS Tests, Middle School, PARCC, Poetry, Reading Passages, SBAC, Science, Smarter Balanced, Social Studies

Multiple Choice Question Type

Edcite has 60 technology-enhanced question types and over 150,000 items that teachers have shared into the Question Bank. Teachers can… READ MORE
December 30, 2018

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ACT Aspire, AIR Tests, Assessments, Assignments and Items, Classroom Technology, Common Assessments, Common Core, Digital Classroom, EdTech, ELA, Electives, Elementary, ELL, Environmental Science, Flipped Classroom, FSA Tests, High School, Hispanic Heritage, K-5, Languages, Literacy, Math, MCAS Tests, Middle School, PARCC, Poetry, Reading Passages, SBAC, Science, Smarter Balanced, Social Studies

Fill-in-the-Blanks Question Type

Teachers love the variety of technology-enhanced question types available on Edcite and the ability to receive standards-based data instantly. Teachers… READ MORE
December 29, 2018

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ACT Aspire, AIR Tests, Assessments, Assignments and Items, Classroom Technology, Common Assessments, Common Core, Digital Classroom, EdTech, ELA, Elementary, ELL, Environmental Science, Flipped Classroom, FSA Tests, High School, K-5, Languages, Literacy, Math, MCAS Tests, Middle School, PARCC, Poetry, Reading Passages, SBAC, Science, Smarter Balanced, Social Studies

Free Response Question Type

With 60 question types, Edcite has more technology-enhanced question types than any other assessment platform. Most of our question types… READ MORE

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Category: Smarter Balanced

Benchmarks Approaching? Use Student Tutorials to Help Focus on the Test, Not Get Lost in the Tech!

3 Ways to Invest Students in State Assessments

The Common Core #10yearchallenge: Only 1 State to Continue Using PARCC Test

5 Steps to Ensure Your Lessons Are Aligned to State Standards

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