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America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

More than a dozen studies have documented that students, on average, made sluggish progress in reading during the pandemic. 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.

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K-12 Dealmaking: PowerSchool Acquires Haiku Learning; Jefferson Education Partners with Fishtree

Marketplace K-12

Querium Raises $720,000: Austin, Texas-based online assessment platform developer Querium has raised $720,000 in a convertible note, according to the Austin Business Journal. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Fourteen teams were selected from among 52 applicants.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

In a recent study by the International Olympic Committee, more than half of young people (55 percent) said they enjoyed school more on days they get to do physical activity. Today, Joey continues to provide thoughtful planning to the curriculum and has continued to expand the pathways to include 12 digital literacy concepts.

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In praise of the open-book exam

IT Bill

Whether or not students should be required to take proctored exams in an online course has been debated for as long as there have been online courses and I suspect it will not be resolved anytime soon. A recent study compared proctored and non-proctored student outcomes in online courses. Online Learning, 22(1), 131-145.

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How to Get the Most Out Of Practice Testing

Georgia Test Prep

Numerous studies since the early ‘90s have shown that learners who tested their knowledge during practice later remembered more information than learners who spent the same amount of time studying the complete information. This makes practice tests not only an assessment tool,but a crucial part of the teaching toolkit.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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