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Empowering Community Perspectives in Evaluation Research

Digital Promise

What is equitable evaluation? As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. Three approaches to engage in equitable evaluation.

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

The Hechinger Report

IXL says its program is “proven effective” and that research “has shown over and over that IXL produces real results.” Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”.

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This Tech Encourages Career Planning When It Matters Most—Before Graduation

Edsurge

The tool also supports the Kansas State Department of Education’s move to provide Individual Plans of Study for students. During this advisory time, students use the software to research careers, research their majors and even figure out which careers match their personality using Xello’s Matchmaker assessment. What is the income?

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An Interactive Tool Empowers High Schoolers To Take Control of Career Planning

Edsurge

The tool also supports the Kansas State Department of Education’s move to provide Individual Plans of Study for students. During this advisory time, students use the software to research careers, research their majors and even figure out which careers match their personality using Xello’s Matchmaker assessment. What is the income?

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

Critics have attacked Big Pharma for widespread biases in studies of new and potentially profitable drugs. And that may be leaving teachers and school administrators in the dark about the full story of classroom programs and interventions they are considering buying. They want a study that puts the best face forward.”

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Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

edWeb.net

After starting with individual work, the next phases cover district assessments and audits, designing a district plan, and then providing support and coaching during the implementation of the plan. And equally important is determining all the assessments and grading are free of bias and accurately reflect student mastery.

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ST Math Results & Impact

MIND Research Institute

Understanding MIND's Research Paradigm and Ways to Evaluate Effective Education Research Academic conversations around education research can often be daunting, difficult to follow, and beg more questions than answers when considering education programs. Often, this is how an edtech program is judged.

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