Tag Archives: Standards

Whereto Data Literacy?

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Bill Zoellick

Over the past decade, there has been increased attention to the idea that students should learn how to make sense of data and use it in decision-making. It could be the next new big thing in education, hot on the … Continue reading →

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NGSS as Maine’s Science Standards? It’s Not So Simple.

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Bill Zoellick

Many educators feel that the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) should become Maine’s science standards. There is no question that the NGSS have already had a positive impact on science instruction across Maine. But some of us who help schools and … Continue reading →

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Teaching Toward the Future: Adaptation and Climate Change

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Bill Zoellick

“I touch the future … I teach” — a quotation associated with Christa McAuliffe — captures something essential about the motivation and hope that keeps most of the teachers I know doing what they do. One of the things that … Continue reading →

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Standards and Informal Science

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Bill Zoellick

Last Friday I was participating in a panel discussion about connecting informal science learning and classroom science–and the question of connecting informal science to standards came up. It’s a perfectly reasonable question. After all, teachers are expected to pay a … Continue reading →

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Self-paced, Student-Centered

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Bill Zoellick

Last week I joined a group of science and math teachers to talk about how the new school year was going. One of the teachers is working in a school where the administrative directive is to shift to “proficiency based” and … Continue reading →

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Smarter Balanced Cut Points – What’s With That?

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Bill Zoellick

The lead article in the December 3 Education Week announces that the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) — the organization that will provide high stakes assessments for English / language Arts (ELA) and mathematics in Maine and 21 other states — … Continue reading →

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