Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Renaissance Learning , a provider of K-12 software and assessments, including the widely used STAR tests, has agreed to acquire Nearpod for $650 million. Dating back to 1986, Renaissance Learning has established its name in the education market largely through its STAR assessments and Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Math programs.

IXL Learning 178

IXL Learning Learning Company Assessment 178

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

ETS is best known for offering assessments like the GRE and TOEFL exams. And ETS contracts with OECD, which creates the global education assessment benchmark test known as PISA. It bought Edusoft, an English language-learning tool, in 2011 and purchased assessment provider Questar for $127.5 million in 2017.

Technology 110

Technology EdTech Education Assessment 110

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Critical thinking, as Finn (2011) defines it, “is applied rationality…a set of skills that people can learn and apply in their everyday or professional lives.” (p.

Classroom 120

Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. 2011, Nurmi et al., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2022

Just having a genuinely consequential system of teacher performance assessment is really unusual in American public education” Stanford's Thomas Dee Dallas and D.C. Teachers who wind up rated “ineffective” are almost always fired, according to a city-commissioned study , which looked at data from 2017-2019. What Makes a Good Teacher?

Policies 164

Policies Survey System Assessment 164

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. million from the regular 2009 appropriation reflects the significant amount of funds available under the Recovery Act , which provided $650 million for Educational Technology State Grants, that will be available for use through the 2010-2011 school year.

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

Bencivenga, who will be coaching entrepreneurs on acquisitions at EdSurge Immersion NYC in September, founded DataCation (later named CaseNEX DataCation) in 2007, and made his first acquisition in 2011, buying the assessment business DataDriven Classroom. CaseNEX DataCation bought Pals, a reading assessment platform, in 2012.

Technology 120

Technology Education Company Pearson 120

Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

Journal of English for Academic Purposes, June 2011, 10(2), pp. Teaching How to Listen: Blended Learning for the Development and Assessment of Listening Skills in a Second Language. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 2017, 14(1), pp. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 2017, 14(1), pp.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 6, 2020

March 11, 2018 The Importance of Assessment AS Learning August 16, 2016 7 Important Questions Before Implementing Digital Portfolios February 16, 2017 “Common Assessments” vs “Common Understandings” October 26, 2011 Change the Measure April 8, 2020 4 Ideas for Student-Led Learning During Emergency Remote Teaching.

Software 98

Software Assessment Google Course 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

Since then, Weld North Education has acquired Glynlyon , which offers online K-12 courses for intervention and credit recovery, and Assessment Technology Inc. Core curriculum was not LearnZillion’s initial focus when the company started in 2011. LearnZillion’s assets will become part of Edgenuity. LearnZillion had raised $32.5

Kaplan 91

Kaplan Company Education Libraries 91

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2022

Later, it was data reflections on every assessment I gave in class, regardless of the size, scope or whether the whole class had aced it or not. In 2011, my district extended the school day by 45 minutes without raising teacher pay. The issue of teacher pay prevented North Carolina from passing a budget from 2017 to 2022.

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Survey Meeting Training Data 154

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2018

Francisco had originally purchased myOn from Capstone in early 2017. Chris Bauleke, who was brought on as myON’s chief executive when Francisco bought it the first time in early 2017, will return to the helm of the much-larger Renaissance. Wisconsin-based Renaissance was formerly a public company that went private in 2011.

eBook 68

eBook Company Learning EdTech 68

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

The latest research comes from the Reboot Foundation, which released a study in June 2019 that shows a negative connection between a nation’s performance on international assessments and 15-year-olds’ self-reported use of technology in school. In the United States, the results were more complicated.

Tablets 112

Tablets Analysis Report Study 112

ProfHacker

MARCH 9, 2017

And partly because of the potential for online abuse, or at least parasocial behavior, and partly because of the change in search capabilities, the kinds of conversations I had openly on Twitter in 2011 or 2012 are often the kinds of conversations that I would have on Slack or in private messages in 2016 and 2017. 5248 #FYCchat tweets.

Social Media 85

Social Media Twitter Facebook STEM 85

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Listen to Jennifer Gonzalez talk about 5 tech tools every educator should try in 2017. Under Jon’s Leadership, and with his CUE Professional Learning Team, CUE PL has trained over 32,000 teachers in 2015-2017. I hope you enjoy this episode with Jon Corippo! Want to hear another episode on technology tools? Quizlet Live.

EdTech 378

EdTech Tools Twitter Professional Learning 378

Waterford

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Measuring learning styles often involves an assessment such as this one from the Georgia Department of Education. Personality and Individual Differences, October 2017, 116(1), pp. Computers & Education, August 2011, 57(1), pp. Computers & Education, March 2017, 106, pp. and Carr, M. Hilgersom-Volk, K.

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Differentiated Instruction Learning Study Examples 176

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The layoffs ranged from junior-level employees to the very top: Cory Reid, who joined in April 2011 and was named CEO in June 2014, is out. Its core offerings include formative assessment products such as Socrative (a startup acquired in June 2014), grading tools and reporting services.

EdTech 115

EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 115

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

For the same reasons that many low-income students struggled to learn remotely during the pandemic, it was also hard, if not impossible, for students to take an online assessment of their progress. The 13-year-olds who did so poorly in 2019 would have been in grades K-2 during the worst of the cuts, from 2011-14. In 2016, U.S.

Elementary 144

Elementary Analysis Libraries Report 144

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

He also shares how the district uses case management technology to track these interventions, support clinicians and help assess when students need help—and when they don't. We've been offering EBT interventions as part of that model since the 2011-2012 school year. EdSurge: Tell us about your Evidence-Based Treatment interventions.

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Data Case Study Outcomes System 138

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

million and revenue of $1 million in 2017. To keep pace, Edmodo has started—and shuttered —various features over the years that aimed to generate revenue, such as an assessment tool. “In But turning user loyalty into profitability proved at times to be a riddling challenge. Experiments to drive revenue sometimes backfired.

Edmodo 98

Edmodo LMS Company Google 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Its development has roots that go back to well-known gameful-learning scholars and proponents Lee Sheldon, author of “The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game,” published in 2011, and James Paul Gee, author of “What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy,” published in 2007.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 27, 2017

George Couros (@gcouros) August 23, 2017. This is not only with technology, but also with classroom design, assessments, rethinking leadership, and a distinct focus on serving each child in a way that works for them, not necessarily from the adult. More change is happening than given credit.

Social Media 59

Social Media Twitter Assessment Strategy 59

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 Called Aero , the platform has been in the works since 2017. ACT, the group best known for its assessment used in college admissions, invested $7.5 One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018. million in venture capital. At least that’s what it looks like.”

Pearson 100

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 100

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Mississippi’s fourth graders scored at the nation’s average on the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress reading exam — a first in the state’s history, according to the latest results released on Wednesday. State officials say the gains are evidence that the state’s controversial Literacy Based Promotion Act is helping.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

James started the I Promise education program in 2011, providing resources and academic support to help students stay in school. But barriers to eligibility for that scholarship persisted: Just 76 percent of students in Akron Public Schools’ class of 2017 graduated from high school within four years.

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Course Groups Study Elementary 148

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

Higher-Ed Events International Events If you work inside, or are deeply interested in, the industry, here’s a new assessment of a handful of the most prominent U.S. But it’s grown from its birth in 2011, and gotten a little, well, more festive, as befits its family ties. K-12 Events U.S. But both emphasis and length morphed.

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Industry Conference EdTech Company 108

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

In 2012, the institute helped launch Glasslab, a nonprofit that brought together game designers, educators and assessment experts. That year, the institute reported less than $500,000 in grant revenue—a precipitous drop from previous years (and particularly from 2011, when the organization reported $11.3 A 2017 survey of 1,550 U.S.

Game-Based Learning 146

Game-Based Learning Pearson Training Report 146

EdTechTeam

MARCH 16, 2017

On March 10, 2017, at Avon Lake High School in Avon Lake, OH nearly 100 educational leaders gathered for a day of learning, discovery, exploration, reflection and energy. of Writing Pathways: Performance Assessments and Learning Progressions , by Lucy Calkins. March 2017 Lubelfeld M., Publications Bullis B., Lubelfeld M.

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Social Media Conference Twitter Study 52

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

When I started graduate-level work with machine learning tools at UC Berkeley in 2011, few people outside academia were discussing artificial intelligence. Come 2017, and AI—or at least the buzz about it—is everywhere. Commercially-viable AI still seemed pretty far off. Accuracy is a complex criterion to satisfy.

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Company EdTech Data Training 100

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

In the fall of 2017, there were 2.6 million fewer students enrolled in higher-education programs than there were in the fall of 2011. institutions were deficient in the key attributes of critical thinking as measured by the latest Collegiate Assessment Plus test. colleges and universities has dropped.

Industry 79

Industry System Report Study 79

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. We created Assessment Items.

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iPad Assessment Moodle Company 223

Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In South Carolina, for example, there were simply not enough qualified teachers to fill positions during the 2017–2018 school year: 6,700 South Carolina teachers left their positions after the 2016–2017 school year, with 4,900 leaving teaching altogether. 2017) The Nation's Teaching Force Is Still Mostly White and Female.

Social Media 79

Social Media Policies Survey Examples 79

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 1, 2016

Assessments are built into both systems. and it was purchased for an estimated $50 million in 2011 by Weld North. The Compass Learning brand will continue to be used, but Factor expects it will eventually be folded under the Edgenuity banner in 2017. The two businesses are well-established in the marketplace.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Kaplan Learning Common Core 40

The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

April 15, 2017 What could go right? August 24, 2016 Higher Expectations June 24, 2012 You Should Read… (June 24, 2012) June 13, 2015 4 Ways We Can Share Our Stories to Drive Innovation April 24, 2011 More than an ‘A’; Mindset and Assessment.

Assessment 36

Assessment Education 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 9, 2017

In 2016, Sue Considine received the PLA Charlie Robinson award for innovation and excellence in public library leadership and finally in 2017, Sue received the Business of the Year award on behalf of the Fayetteville Free Library from the FM Chamber of Commerce. Michael received his MSED in Literacy from SUNY Cortland in 2011.

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Libraries Conference Outcomes Secondary 34

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

Freshman Kylee Elderkin works on an assignment in English class at Nokomis High School in Newport on Friday, June 2, 2017. Mary Nadeau, principal of Nokomis High School in Newport, poses for a photo in a hallway of the school on Friday, June 2, 2017. Elderkin says she used to routinely miss key skills and do poorly on tests.

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