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

Doug Levin

Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000). By 2002, a new education law had replaced the program and a new presidential administration was in place. FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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

The Hechinger Report

Video: Sarah Butrymowicz. In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only. In 2014, the district’s program evaluation department published a study on the reading program’s impact on student learning, as measured by standardized tests.

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