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Assessment and Grading in Distance Learning – How to Get Better

The CoolCatTeacher

His research focuses on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. Finalist for Book of the Year Award in Education, Foreword Reviews, 2015. Guskey, T. Get Set, Go! Guskey, T.

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Utah STEM Action Center Releases Exemplar Statewide Program Evaluation

MIND Research Institute

A new bar has been set for state-grants-funded digital math programs evaluation. The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation. Ohio is another state that has invested in statewide efficacy analysis.

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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 2015 $0. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: National Educational Technology Trends Study (NETTS).

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. Director of Research and Program Evaluation. Don’t forget to share your pilot approach by March 27, 2015!' Digital Promise is crowdsourcing best practices for piloting learning technology tools, and we want to hear from you! ” Mahnaz Charania. Fulton County Schools. ” Eian Harm.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

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. When examining the data, there is a clear indication that SuccessMaker Reading is not improving student growth scores for students,” the evaluation said.

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Over 25 Ideas for eLearning… Inclement Weather and Snow Day Make Up

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full – Mike. Twitter Chat (Tuesday February 23, 2015 … 8:00 PM… Use… # MyBigCampus . Understand that the district may need to make different accommodations for students unable to participate in this type of program. Sign Up Now!

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A Unified Approach for Digital Integration

edWeb.net

Named 2012 Washington State Teacher of the Year and an NSBA “20 to Watch” in 2015, he developed and led digital learning, professional development, and innovative librarian programs. His 2016 TEDx talk, “Changing the Conversation About Librarians” promotes Future Ready Librarians, a national initiative he helped develop.