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Assessment & Grading Practices: The End of Zeros
https://youtu.be/TH5tX7YyqVI Presented by Natalie Howell – Transcription Below Introduction Hi, welcome to Illuminate’s Whiteboard Series. My name is Natalie Howell, and I’m an implementation manager at Illuminate Education. Today’s conversation…
FastBridge Tools and Special Education
By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP Special education is a unique and important feature of U.S. public education. Although some states implemented special education programs before 1975, it was the passage…
Effective Ways to Engage Underserved Students
Presented by Dr. Gail Thompson – Transcription Below Introduction Hello everyone. Welcome to the Illuminate Whiteboard Series. I’m Dr. Gail Thompson, Professional Development and Equity Expert at Illuminate Education. I’m…
Doing Parent Engagement in the Age of ESSA
It’s no secret—parent and family engagement is critical to student success in school. Research has demonstrated for decades that this can have a major influence on a child’s achievement from improvements…
How a Medium-Sized District is Closing the Achievement Gap
The Clarke County School District is a mid-sized public school district in Athens, Georgia with just under 14,000 students. It serves all of Clarke County, which includes the communities of…
Releasing Students from Intervention
By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP As the school year moves forward and we approach the middle of the academic year, there will be some students who have made enough progress…
FastBridge Progress Monitoring: A Primer
Written By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP, Theodore J. Christ, Ph.D., Jessie Kember, Ph.D., and Nicole M. McKevett, MA, NCSP Progress monitoring is defined as the frequent assessment of students who…
Busting Myths About Grading
This article was originally published in the “AllThingsPLC Magazine” (Spring 2017 edition). ***** MythBusters is the longest running television series in the history of the Discovery Channel. During its 14 years…
How to Build a Successful Master Schedule
The master schedule is one of an instructional leader’s most important tools. It’s a function of the school’s philosophy, a reflection of its vision, and a blueprint for its resource…
Changing Interventions
By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP After interventions have been in place for a few weeks, it is important to review student progress and determine whether the intervention is working. A prior…