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PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating

The Hechinger Report

Since then, scholars have been trying to figure out why their scores dropped so much between 2017 and 2019 on a highly regarded national test known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP. was one of the few exceptions, bucking the disappointing trend here.

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The Value of Listening in the Classroom: How to Teach Your Students Active Listening

Waterford

Teaching How to Listen: Blended Learning for the Development and Assessment of Listening Skills in a Second Language. Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 2001, 17(2), pp. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, November 2008, 12(11), pp. Develop Listening Skills as a Part of the Curriculum. The Reading Teacher, November 1988, 42(2), pp.

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

Zheng and colleagues did not collect original data; rather, they used a statistical technique (meta-analysis) to combine the findings of prior studies meeting specific quality criteria in an effort to identify larger trends in the emerging body of empirical evidence on laptop programs’ impact on learning.

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

Doug Levin

FY 2001: $450,000,000. Legislative Authorization: Title II, Part D (Sections 2401-2422) of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: National Educational Technology Trends Study (NETTS). Appropriations: FY 1997: $200,000,000 (President Clinton’s request: $250,000,000).

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Higher education in India is moving ahead on the global stage.

Linways Technologies

India has seen a massive expansion in the higher education sector – an almost four-fold increase in enrolments and institutions since 2001. Between 1996 and 2001, India and China had similar GERs. Although lower than the global average of 36.7% Student finances and funding. Quality assurance and regulatory practises.

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An introduction to Bloom’s taxonomy

Linways Technologies

Each of these are mapped with measurable outcomes to assess attainment. The believed that classifying goals like this would be beneficial to assess college student performances better. In this level, we assess the learner’s ability to retain and recall information. to assess this level of cognition.

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Third indication U.S. educational system is deteriorating

The Hechinger Report

Both fourth- and eighth-grade students posted declines on the math section of the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). And another international exam, the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) showed back-to-back deterioration in math performance among American 15-year-olds in 2012 and 2015. .

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