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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). Rationale: “ The Congress eliminated much of the program in 2006; the request would complete the process. FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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What If You Held Your Math Program Accountable for Long-Lasting Impact?

MIND Research Institute

The program’s potential to deliver results is not realized. Lacking proper training, widespread use over the long term and results, new programs are often abandoned after less than three years, making multi-year program evaluations impossible. All of the above conspire to inhibit continuous improvement.

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

However, a resurgence in their use has recently been noted in distance education for program evaluation purposes… Stakeholders desire to prove that participants in distance-delivered courses receive the same quality of instruction off-campus as those involved in the “traditional” classroom setting.

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More than a Checkmark

MIND Research Institute

The focus must shift from dominantly spotlighting the wide range in formal rigor and confidence in the studies themselves (that “one good study” paradigm which I discussed here ) to considering the range of credible facts that demonstrates a program’s effectiveness in real-world classroom settings.