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ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

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Among them: the New York City of Department of Education, Elsevier, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and PARCC, the organization involved in delivering Common Core assessments. They include publishers, K-12 districts, higher-ed institutions, publishers and professional certification organizations.

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“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Inside Higher Ed has more on the latter.

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“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of ScienceDirect Topics, an information platform that has been compared to Wikipedia.” 2 Post at Ed. ” is how Education Week describes the news.

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” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” ” Edreports.org has released new reports on math textbooks and how well they align to the Common Core. ” Via Brookings : “How the quality of school lunch affects students’ academic performance.”

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” Speaking of openwashing : “ Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core , Rise of ‘Open’ Resources.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. . “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” ” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

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Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Communications Experts Criticize Elsevier - Florida Pilot.” ” “Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C.,