Tips for students this summer

With all the changing of curriculum for common core there are placement tests to accelerate your placement.  Sometimes you maybe able to retake them if you did not pass them at the end of the school year.  Get a tutor and start working on the things you were not great at and prepare to take […]

Are you smarter than an 11th grader? Math Smarter Balance Assessment

The Smarter Balanced Assessment is under legislation to become the most widely used test system to compare the students across the nation of the United States of America.  46 of the 50 states have agreed to adopt this new assessment and adapt to the grade level common core standards.  So far just ELA and Math […]

The Top 7 educational technology tools

    The Top 7 Educational Technological Tools 1.) ELMO document camera www.elmousa.com 2.) Jing with powerpoint http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html 3.) Screencast with powerpoint www.screencast.com 4.) wolfram alpha www.wolframalpha.com 5.) edu 2.0 http://www.edu20.org/ 6.) megastudy http://www.megastudy.net/ 7.) www.elearnprep.com

US NEWS BEST HIGH SCHOOLS RANKING

Getting your kid into one of the top colleges is important, but did you ever think about what it takes to get your kid into one of the top high schools?  I had a student once who through his competitive spirit wanted to apply to Phillips Exeter Academy just like one of his friends who […]

“I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One”

This was a very useful, but comical blog about MIT admissions essay.  If you’re writing a college application essay this is a good guide of what to and what not to do.  Give me some insights on what you think about the suggestions of the author a former MIT student. http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/ive_got_99_problems_admissions

Tiered Assessment: Surface Area and Volume of Prisms sample test

  Differentiating instruction and assessment.  What if you have a student who understands all the concepts and can complete homework, but just fails all of the exams.  Most teachers say they are not studying enough.  Would you allow students to use books or notes on a quiz or test for less points?  I usually do […]

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