Educational Links 6/27/19

IT’S NO SURPRISE TO TEACHERS, BUT RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MOST BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT ARE USELESS

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/06/26/a-look-back-its-no-surprise-to-teachers-but-research-suggests-that-most-benchmark-assessment-are-useless/?fbclid=IwAR0fb2AjroUHnMG7KrXqXRGozbds5b6I7YlDmFv_GhtVhCUJOKVH0M2omVo

New Research Casts Doubt on the ‘Summer Slide’

https://www.edutopia.org/article/new-research-casts-doubt-summer-slide?utm_source=Edutopia+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d97ea7f376-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_062619_enews_newresearchcasts&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f72e8cc8c4-d97ea7f376-78966759&fbclid=IwAR2ZsLSiUI_7GWafDodTaxURNyMmf8LchlghQj5ho8iV10OBU4S22dZXyfQ

Learning and Attention Issues: Signs & symptoms

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms

MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE WEEK

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/06/26/most-popular-posts-of-the-week-18/?fbclid=IwAR1WWib3XOKow9IN4dxKzSrVVNtFq_VXRw4W3UxdNIcVTvar5ipLbCgcLfU

Why Every Kindergarten and First-Grade School Day Should Begin with Inquiry and Imaginative Play

https://medium.com/@heinemann/why-every-kindergarten-and-first-grade-school-day-should-begin-with-inquiry-and-imaginative-play-323f110e64ec

Do Schools Really Kill Creativity?  educational leadership, 

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-06-26-do-schools-really-kill-creativity-jonny-sun-on-what-schools-get-right

What Is Good Leadership in Schools?

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/06/25/what-is-good-leadership-in-schools/

A recent study found that not one school (of 180 surveyed) was able to improve student achievement records without effective school leadership. This research  shows a clear connection between skilled school leadership and positive student learning outcomes. It’s proof that good leadership in schools makes a direct impact on students’ experience and performance.