Posts written by info@nccsa.org

Report: Most Schools Delivering BYOD Programs, Training Teachers in Mobile Devices Usage

Implementation of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs in school districts has exploded since last year, spreading from 22 percent to 56 percent. BYOD primarily shows up in high school grades (84 percent), followed by middle school grades (74 percent). But even the majority of Pre-K through third grade schools also offers users the opportunity to use their […]

2013 Digital Learning Report Card

Backed by the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, and many others, Digital Learning Now is a national initiative with the goal of advanced state policies that will create a high-quality digital learning environment to better equip all students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the 21st […]

2014 March/April NCCSA UPDATE Newsletter

Blended Learning – So Hot Right Now

The following article is written by Tom Vander Ark from Getting Smart Blended learning is so “hot” right now. Since 2010, more than 4 million K–12 students have participated in some form of blended learning and that number continues to grow, along with the development of best practices. A new white paper, released today from Dreambox […]

Khan Academy to offer Free SAT Prep

Last week, the College Board announced not only that the SAT will be redesigned for 2016, but that it has formed a partnership with Khan Academy to offer free SAT prep materials. According to the Khan Academy website, students taking the SAT in 2014–2015 can visit the site now to find hundreds of questions from unreleased SATs and […]

2014 NCCSA Fine Arts Festival Results & National Fine Arts Team

Successful Innovation Starts with Finding the Right Points of Integration

As we consider the potential of various innovations in our education system, it is helpful to look at that system through the lens of system architecture. A system’s architecture determines its constituent components and subsystems and defines how they must fit and work together. In any system, components work together through interfaces, and these interfaces […]

2014 NCCSA State Basketball Tournament Results

2014 NCCSA Solo/Small Group Competition Results

The results for the JH and SH Solo/Small Group Competitions are available here.  

Research Suggests Professional Development Delivers Better Student Scores

When teachers participate in professional development, students do better in assessments. That’s the conclusion of a study undertaken by researchers at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. In “Multi-State, Quasi-Experimental Study of the Impact of Internet-Based, On-Demand Professional Learning on Student Performance,” the researchers examined math and reading scores for students before and after teachers in […]