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Invest in the Workforce of the Future with Data-Driven Collaboration

Digital Promise

In September 2016, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced an ambitious goal to successfully support 70 percent of working-aged individuals in the state in earning at least an associate degree by 2025. Better meet the needs of local industries. Link Data across Systems to Improve Program Decisions.

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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

2016 Wyoming Google Summit. The journey in Wyoming began with new legislation and funding for the development and implementation of grassroots, K-12 and postsecondary distance education courses and programs. Competitive grant funding has provided schools and communities the ability to customize and innovate.

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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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A Unified Approach for Digital Integration

edWeb.net

They also send a technical survey to the vendor, many times followed by a call or meeting to review more details of that resource. DET, working with all things data, develops processes for evaluating digital content, measures efficacy of implementations, and informs decision-making, training, and evaluation.