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See you at Mass Innovation Event

By Raju Gupta On December 9, 2009 · Add Comment · In General, Socrato: Announcements
On Wednesday, December 9th, at 6:30 Mass Innovation is organizing an event for MA innovators.  A number of companies will present there. Thanks to everyone who voted for Socrato, we are one of the presenter. If you are at the event, look forward to see you later today. Here are the directions: http://massinnovationnights.com/event-rsvp/google-map
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Free ACT Test Score Calculator

By Raju Gupta On November 5, 2009 · 6 Comments · In Exam: ACT, Resource, Socrato: Announcements, Teaching & Tutoring
UPDATE: There is an online version of this tool available for free at bubblesheetgrader.com Because we frequently receive inquires for ACT Diagnostic Analysis and Reporting, we’ve decided to make the ACT the next test we support as part of our “Companion Series” diagnostic reporting suite.  We know that tutors and students have to deal with [...]
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The SAT Official Study Guide (Second edition) – Is it really worth it?

By Raju Gupta On September 30, 2009 · 5 Comments · In Exam: SAT, Teaching & Tutoring
   Recently collegeboard released the new version of Official SAT Study Guide (2nd Edition – Jul 21st 2009) which has 10 practice tests. This new guide replaces the older revision – The Official SAT Study Guide by The College Board (Paperback – Oct 7, 2004) which has 8 practice tests. On close examination of the [...]
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Can one teacher’s or tutor’s hardwork benefit others? Leveraging our “Follow” feature for educational content.

By Raju Gupta On August 10, 2009 · Add Comment · In Content, Education: General, Socrato, Socrato: Announcements, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
One of the interesting features of Twitter is the ability to “follow” anyone and then listen to their tweets. Effectively the person you are following becomes the “filter” for you for certain types of content and information.  You receive immediate updates on what’s going on. While working with a number of teachers and tutors, we [...]
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“Race to the Top” school stimulus funds for systems like Socrato that measure student progress

By Socrato Admin On July 29, 2009 · Add Comment · In Socrato: Announcements
The Obama administration is announcing $4.35B in stimulus funding for schools. One of the primary allowed uses of the funding is for systems like Socrato that measure student progress. Let us know if you’d like help writing a grant application… Read the article by Sally Holland at CNN.
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Free ebook download from worldbookfair

By Raju Gupta On July 29, 2009 · Add Comment · In Tutoring
The 4th annual e-book fair is going on www.worldebookfair.org from July 4 to August 4.  About 2 Talk about waaaaay too much free time on their hands!The whole hair follicle drug test thing also points to the hypocrisy of sCAM. million PDF books are available for free download. After the completion of this fair, the [...]
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Changing law to increase number of charter schools – Is it to get money or to bring change?

By Raju Gupta On July 17, 2009 · Add Comment · In Education: General
Recently there has been a lot of coverage about Charter Schools in Massachusetts.  So I dug little deeper… What are charter schools? An innovative approach towards school and education management They are public schools, funded by government money They can be under district management or state management Another interesting aspect is that, when a student [...]
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According to Dept. of Edu. Study – Blended courses (online and face-to-face instruction) are the best.

By Raju Gupta On July 8, 2009 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
According to US Department of Education study students who took “blended” courses — those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction — appeared to do best of all. The study finds this after detailed review of 51 high quality research reports out of over 1000 research studies. Looking at in detail, the key [...]
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End of “Cut and Paste” to create custom assessments and worksheets for state standardized tests

By Raju Gupta On June 29, 2009 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Content, Teaching
A good article by Bailey on how to leverage MCAS material to supplement classroom or home instruction. Teachers and tutors can leverage any state standardized test material, or even National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) material. After each assessment, NAEP releases dozens of sample questions to the public—more than 2,000 questions are currently available to [...]
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Partial release of MCAS test items is a step backwards

By Socrato Admin On June 29, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Socrato
An open letter to the Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education: Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D. Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Dear Commissioner Chester, I work with a number of schools helping them review MCAS data and results. Thank you for shortening the turnaround time for MCAS results for schools, and for shortening the test [...]
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