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Invest in the Workforce of the Future with Data-Driven Collaboration

Digital Promise

In September 2016, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced an ambitious goal to successfully support 70 percent of working-aged individuals in the state in earning at least an associate degree by 2025. Link Data across Systems to Improve Program Decisions. Gina Raimondo Governor of Rhode Island.

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What Makes a Good Assessment?

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment strategies that show what students have REALLY learned From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Assessments should cover what is taught and address important learning goals. He also shares the four kinds of data that are most valuable to teachers in year-end assessment.

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#AskExcelinEd: How are states advancing next generation learning?

ExcelinEd

States are exploring next generation learning to provide schools with the flexibility and support needed to ensure students graduate prepared for college or career. The report uses data and information gathered during a review of these programs in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., Next Generation Learning Programs in the U.S.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

.” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Rationale for Obama administration FY 2011 program consolidation (i.e.,

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ST Math Results & Impact

MIND Research Institute

When discussing research that evaluates edtech program effectiveness, we need to talk less about access to it and more about the nature of the information itself. Traditionally, edtech evaluation has been made up of scarce data and insufficient credible information about the efficacy of its program.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. This problem has only been exacerbated by the coronavirus, as widespread school closures have forced districts to turn to online learning. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized. It should surprise no one that media comparison studies find no significant difference in student learning.

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