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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). FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). ” How would the program operate? 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

Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March. 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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