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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

They are essentially media comparison studies or, to be more precise, license comparison studies. It should surprise no one that media comparison studies find no significant difference in student learning. ” This is a theme in media comparison studies that has been repeated in the literature for decades.

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

He recalled a reading study where struggling students who didn’t complete the program were excluded from the treatment group. The comparison control group, of course, kept the low achieving readers and their low scores, making the intervention look more successful. SREE launched such a registry in 2018.

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