Naiku Blog: News, White Papers, and Case Studies
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I Am Naiku: Fr. Augustine Tran
Read MoreFr. Augustine Tran, Theology Teacher at Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell GA started teaching in 2004. He enjoys working with high school students, sharing his knowledge, and seeing “light-bulb”s of off in their heads as they start to understand material. Fr. Tran uses Naiku exclusively for his assessments which contain multiple-choice, essay, short-answer constructed response, and matching items. His assessment practice has changed since he started using Naiku. “I think I give more short daily assessments to make sure the students are staying on top of the material instead of waiting until the test to cram. It only takes a few minutes to make a short assessment in Naiku and have it read for students to take,” said Fr. Tran.
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I am Naiku: Daniel Roethe
Read MoreDaniel Roethe, Instructional Technology Teacher (ITT) at Mahone Middle School at Kenosha Unified School District started teaching in 2002. He has taught Social Studies and English Language Arts. Roethe has been an ITT for the past three years. In his current role, he introduces new technologies to teachers and supports their use of the new technology to improve teacher instruction and student learning. Roethe has been instrumental in the use of Naiku for common formative and summative assessments at Mahone Middle School.
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We Are Naiku: Blessed Trinity Catholic High School
Read MoreBlessed Trinity Catholic High School, part of the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, is a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School. In 2015 the school implemented a 1:1 Chromebook program. With the school-wide rollout of the new technology, the school leadership team desired to find an online assessment platform for its teachers and students.
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We Are Naiku: KUSD
Read MoreKenosha Unified School District (KUSD) is a large district serving over 22,000 students in Kenosha and the surrounding areas. The 3rd largest district in Wisconsin, KUSD has a mission to provide excellent, challenging learning opportunities and experiences that prepare each student for success. With a vision to be Wisconsin’s top performing urban school district, the district and building leadership team have fostered and nurtured vibrant Professional Learning Communities (PLC) across the district.
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I am Naiku: Travis Cerling
Read MoreTravis Cerling started teaching high school science in 1997. He switched to middle school science in 2000. For the past three and a half years, Cerling has been the middle school science coach for the district. “As a science coach, I find new tools, new ways to teach, and share those ideas and tools with the team. I also teach two sciences courses,” shared Cerling. “It really is the best of both worlds. I work with teachers, and still get to be in the classroom with students.” Working with fellow science coach Shannon Lee and the science teachers across the district, Cerling has been instrumental in the effective implementation of common formative assessments at the district’s six middle schools.
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We Are Naiku: ISD196
Read MoreIndependent School District (196), also known as Rosemount – Apple Valley – Eagan Public Schools, is a large district serving a 110 square mile area in the south Twin Cities metropolitan area. Since January 2014, the district has effectively implemented common formative assessments at the secondary schools.
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I am Naiku: Emily Hill
Read MoreEmily Hill is a licensed 6-12 Language Arts teacher. She started her teaching career at a high school before switching to 8th grade language arts. After 11 years in the classroom, Hill now serves as the Technology Integration Coach in both the middle school and high school in Clear Lake. Throughout her teaching career, Hill teamed up with other teachers to create meaningful assignments and projects for students.
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I am Naiku: Patrick Heath
Read MorePatrick Heath currently serves as the Instructional Technology Coach (ITC) at Westgate Elementary School. Previously, he taught 4th and 5th grades for six years. In his role as the ITC, Heath provides and helps teachers integrate educational technology tools into their instruction.
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We Are Naiku: West Gate Elementary School
Read MoreWest Gate Elementary School serves K-5 students in Manassas, VA. The school of 600 students has a high Limited English Proficiency (70%) and Economically Disadvantaged (92%) population. In 2012, the school found itself on the list of “failing” schools with only 66% and 50% of its students passing the VA SOL Reading and Math assessments, respectively.
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We Are Naiku: Broken Arrow Elementary School
Read MoreBroken Arrow Elementary School serves K-6 students in Shawnee, KS. The school of 440 students rolled out a 1:1 iPad program for all students in 2014-2015. To complement the iPad program and to a foster an effective PLC practice, Principal Mike Brewer wanted an assessment platform that would allow his teachers to efficiently and frequently develop and administer common formative assessments (CFAs) to gather meaningful data for the PLC meetings.
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