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For two states, the digital transition requires an overhaul of the process

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Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. “We saw that our code was only looking at the adoption of textbooks,” said DeLeón.

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Access State-Reviewed Instructional Materials with SETDA’s Dashboard

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Now education decision makers across America can see detailed reviews compiled in multiple states, to facilitate the evaluation and purchase of print and digital materials for students and teachers. And now the recommendations are accessible, along with details from the review process, through the SETDA dashboard.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. Maybe you’re angry about book bans. Maybe you’re fed up with trigger warnings or content warnings.

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Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting

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However, when the programs can talk to each other and teachers can access the data they need from a single dashboard, then the data is working for the students and teachers instead of becoming a burden. In collaboration with the Ed-Fi Alliance, SETDA is examining how to leverage that shared data for academic excellence.

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An Obstacle to the Ubiquitous Adoption of OER in US Higher Education

Iterating Toward Openness

This strategy is extraordinarily effective at eliminating barriers to access and success for students in many of the highest enrolling courses, like introductory and general education courses, business courses, and mathematics courses. In 2012 there were over 20 million students enrolled in US institutions of higher education.

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