AcceliBEAT Weekly Round Up: 10/12-10/17
October 17, 2014
Missed the news this week? Accelify’s got you covered! Check out some of this week’s top stories.
California, Other States To Set Test Cutoff Scores
California educators will play a pivotal role in a crucial phase of work for the new Smarter Balanced assessments that millions of California students will take this spring for the first time: setting the cutoff scores that will indicate whether a student is academically on track for the next grade level.
Education Department Reshapes Special Education Technical Assistance Centers
The Education Department has allotted $8.7 million to a new Center for Systemic Improvement, which will replace the old regional resource centers that provided special education assistance to states.
Oregon’s Plan For Teacher Evaluation Temporarily Approved, Feds Grant Reprieve From NCLB
The Obama administration on Thursday granted temporary approval for Oregon to evaluate teachers using individually determined samples of their students’ progress, not necessarily standardized test scores.
Alexandria City Public Schools Awards Medicaid Claiming Contract to Accelify
Accelify, LLC (Accelify) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) to provide software products and services to manage the District’s Medicaid claiming program.
Often Foes, Some Districts and Charters Forge Partnerships
Florida is wading into largely uncharted waters with an initiative to fuel collaboration between two sectors often cast as foes in the debate over how to improve K-12 education: regular public schools and charters.
Get to Know Accelify Consulting
Today’s spotlight is on Sarah Evans, M. Ed., Director of Curriculum of Arthur CUSD #305 and a Senior Consultant at Accelify Consulting.
11 Ways to Make Data Analytics Work for K-12
In public education, the promise of data-informed decisions that drive instruction, improve student and school performance, and close achievement gaps appears limitless. But schools, districts, and most K-12 leadership teams are not close to realizing the kinds of data-driven benefits that already exist in fields like financial services, medicine, and science.
