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Empowering Community Perspectives in Evaluation Research

Digital Promise

What is equitable evaluation? As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. Why does equitable evaluation matter? .

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Tech Engages Today’s Students, But Teachers Need Support

EdTech Magazine

Using the framework, administrators should ask teachers the following questions before flooding the classroom with technology: How will you use educational technology to cognitively engage your students? Evaluate Teachers with PD in Mind. Buying Cycle. Content Length. 300-500 words. by Rafael Inoa. by Steven LoCascio.

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MTSS: Where to Begin?

edWeb.net

Inventory your current programs. Create a matrix of what programs and supports you already have, which populations they support, and who is leading the programs. Evaluate the efficacy of current programs. Instead, look at the three tiers of MTSS. Find out what’s working, what isn’t, and where you have gaps.

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3 ways to support special education students with college and career readiness

eSchool News

For instance, in our school district, we have special education students that work as teacher’s assistants delivering mail to offices and classrooms.

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How Blockchain Can Encourage Learning

Edsurge

And the technology may help address an age-old challenge in any classroom: motivation. Other emerging programs in the K12 space focus on the unique needs of hard-to-reach students. The program evaluates completion and consistency of student work, then releases digital funds accordingly.

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Fair Grades, Dropping Grades, Grading Versus Knowledge

The CoolCatTeacher

With almost 9,000 downloads and counting, this show is the most popular episode on Every Classroom Matters in 2016 so far. His research focuses on on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform.

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OPINION: Black-white disparities in education correlate with teachers’ implicit biases, but it will take more than education reform to solve the issue

The Hechinger Report

In a study published in July, we found suggestive evidence supporting the need to address bias in the classroom. What is clear from our work is that educators in all contexts need to reckon with the biases they bring into the classroom. Chin is a doctoral candidate in education policy and program evaluation at Harvard University.