The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Since at least 2006 , technology leaders and mathematicians have argued that data is the new oil. Since 2011, national math test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, fell by 17 points for eighth graders and 10 points for fourth graders in data analysis, statistics and probability.

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Data Analysis Report Course 126

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2021

COVINGTON, KY: October 21, 2021 – A new website launched by a collaboration of leading technology experts, STEP CG and Cradlepoint, is providing information and educational resources to help K-12 schools ensure their students have access to the technology they need to succeed. Cradlepoint?to Cradlepoint?was Cradlepoint?is

Digital Divide 101

Digital Divide Accessibility Industry Software 101

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” 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. FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

As part of Utah’s Student Credential Account and Aptitude Assessment , nearly 300,000 middle and high school students as well as teachers, counselors, and administrators will have access to YouScience Discovery in addition to Precision Exams by YouScience.

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Industry Assessment Analysis Company 56

Hapara

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In 2006, Punya Mishra and Matthew J. Explore how to vet edtech tools to ensure they promote access for every kind of learner. But if technology isn’t paired with good teaching and a tie-in to the subject matter, what’s the point? What does the TPACK model focus on? Koehler developed the TPACK model.

Strategy 167

Strategy Technology EdTech Education 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. Founded in 2006, Course Hero is already well known among college students, millions of whom use it to get study materials, share class notes and ask tutors questions.

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Course Chegg Coursera Company 127

Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Content : How the student will access the information. Our programs assign these lessons based on a student’s placement assessment and their demonstrated mastery. International Education Journal, 2006, 7(7), pp. Process : The method of the activities students use to understand the information. Tomlinson, C.A. Weselby, C.

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy Libraries Guidelines 250

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. And I want to do it worldwide.”

Accessibility 62

Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2012

In addition to using Yahoo doodle, he began writing quiz software in 2006. The Khan Academy site now contains over 3000 videos mapped to the Common Core and associated assessments that allow learners to practice and reinforce skills acquired through the videos. Detailed statistics are provided to learners and coaches (i.e.

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Khan Academy Flipped Classroom Digital Divide Common Core 273

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The blended learning format enabled the instructor to work individually with students, facilitate small group discussions connected to their texts, and deliver targeted formative assessments. By catering to diverse learning styles and needs, blended learning in this context supports a more thorough and accessible training process.

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Blended Learning Examples Case Study Learning 65

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Back in 2016, Ben Herold of Education Week reported that grade-school students who took the computerized version of a different test, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), in 2014-15 scored lower than students taking the paper-and-pencil version.

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Study Analysis Report Assessment 91

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Founded in 1997, Powerschool was first bought by Apple in 2001, and then by Pearson in 2006. Through these deals, the company has expanded its product suite beyond its original K-12 student information system offering to assessment, enrollment, special education and talent management services. All the data that schools manage.

Schoology 95

Schoology LMS Moodle Haiku Learning 95

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. 6: Formative Assessments and Feedback Fuel Understanding. Why do we do this? & Martinez, 1992).

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

His efforts paid off: he boosted his SAT score by more than 350 points and landed a spot in Yale’s class of 2006. Developed with technology by Realizeit, The Edge Prep ’s AI-powered engine continually assesses students’ strengths and weaknesses as they move through a series of exam questions for the SAT, ACT or SSAT.

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Meeting Khan Academy Assessment Study 98

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

His efforts paid off: he boosted his SAT score by more than 350 points and landed a spot in Yale’s class of 2006. Developed with technology by Realizeit, The Edge Prep ’s AI-powered engine continually assesses students’ strengths and weaknesses as they move through a series of exam questions for the SAT, ACT or SSAT.

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Meeting Khan Academy Assessment Study 88

edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

During a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by The ProEthica® Program, the superintendent of one of America’s largest school districts spoke with a former state superintendent and other education leaders about key issues affecting students, parents, and educators, including digital access and equity, online privacy, and funding.

Online Learning 55

Online Learning Student Data Privacy Learning Data 55

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best. As recently as 1997, only 27 percent of America’s K-12 school had internet access—a number that skyrocketed to 92 percent by 2003. School districts developed IT departments, even creating and hiring for the title “CTO/CIO.”

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 161

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

I am careful about that term being the focus,” says Andrew Grauer, who co-founded Course Hero in 2006. We’re trying to help educators find and create teaching materials and assessment materials, while helping them get recognized and celebrated for what they do,” says Grauer. But its CEO winces when he hears the word.

Course 124

Course EdTech Company Coursera 124

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2022

The Company’s integrated learning platform empowers teachers by offering easy lesson creation, ready-to-use formative assessments, and personalized, data-driven recommendations from a library of educational resources. million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in nearly 100 countries and territories.

Education 52

Education Company EdTech Industry 52

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

In their 2006 study, researchers Martin Eccles and Brian Mittman. The data many digital tools captures can often reveal important insights: for example, whether instructors or students are accessing the program regularly, how they’re using it (e.g. for test or stretch activities), and student performance (on integrated assessments).

EdTech 136

EdTech Outcomes Education Study 136

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, called in 2006 for learning to be measured and reported publicly. Also in 2006, ministers of education from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member nations agreed in Athens to develop a worldwide measure of learning called the Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes.

Learning 102

Learning Outcomes Survey Assessment 102

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other college student expense—including tuition and fees (63 percent) or on-campus housing (51 percent)—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

OER 68

OER Company Adaptive Learning Resources 68

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

I came to the Cobb County School District in 2006. The curriculum they were exposed to had already proven itself ineffective—but I didn’t have access to anything better. I decided to learn everything I could about mastery-based assessments so that I could start to close the learning gaps.

iPad 126

iPad Assessment Personalized Learning Libraries 126

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. 9) Teaching and education in general are, as Pai, Adler, and Shadiow (2006) put it, inherently a “sociocultural process” (p. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The report also compares the course and assessment requirements for earning a regular diploma in each state for students with disabilities and their peers without disabilities. percent in 2006 only to 66.3 percent in 2006 only to 66.3 percent in 2014. percent in 2014.

Report 40

Report Analysis Outcomes Assessment 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Finding a balance between building relationships with students, developing community amongst class members and administering the assessments necessary to get the data needed to design instruction isn’t easy. The beginning of the semester is always a struggle. Especially when you’re personalizing instruction for every learner in your class.

Data 89

Data Learning Trends Assessment 89

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through. In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Khan Academy 165

Khan Academy Elementary Company Personalized Learning 165

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009. Accessibility: The iPad includes built-in features like text-to speech, dictation, and word prediction.

iPad 101

iPad Laptops Classroom Report 101

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

” In other words, this is meant as a learning technique, not for assessment. Cepeda et al (2006) reviewed 254 studies, and found that students across studies recalled 10 percent more information after spaced study than after massed (all at one time) study. There is a great deal of research to support practice testing. Cepeda, N.

Strategy 120

Strategy E-rate Learning Study 120

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). and Wheeler, S. London: Routledge. McConnell, D. and Vrakking, B.

Education 61

Education Conference Technology Online Learning 61

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

I would be nervous if I were a president of a university, and I’ve said publicly that our goal is to increase access, and my marketing staff is 61 percent male and 93 percent white,” Hall said. A story about higher education marketing in 2006 was titled “The M Word.”.

Social Media 145

Social Media Report Survey Conference 145

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

Since he introduced Khan Academy in 2006, the free, open-access education platform has inspired several knock-offs focused on specific disciplines. MRU courses also include discussion forums and practice assessments. If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Salman Khan should feel honored.

Khan Academy 68

Khan Academy MOOC Flipped Classroom Trends 68

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 22, 2012

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality of provision and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). 2006) E-Learning Groups and Communities. Wheeler, S.

Conference 51

Conference Technology Online Learning Strategy 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

To watch the live show at 4:00 pm US-EDT, or to access the recordings afterward, please go to [link] (or [link] ). From 1997 to 2004, she was a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal testing program.

Policies 36

Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

Shake Up Learning

MAY 28, 2019

Back in 2006, my students created a podcast, “Miss Bell’s Chime Time!” This will give you access to features like the teacher dashboard, personalized takeaways, and more. 25:10] – Be careful letting Anchor do everything for your podcast because you give up control and access to stats. Be Internet Awesome.

How To 75

How To EdTech Google Course 75

MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

Below we offer our Top Five reasons why, as educators, we should care about spatial thinking when we plan, observe, and assess mathematics in our classrooms. In one of the first studies of its kind to show specific links between spatial and mathematical skills, Cheng and Mix (2013) assessed children in both spatial and math skills.

Pearson 28

Pearson STEM Training Study 28