Remove Academic Standards Remove Assessment Remove Laptops Remove Personalized Learning
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?Expanding Access to Edtech Isn’t Enough. We Need to Make Sure It Works, Too

Edsurge

The New Schools Venture Fund estimates that K-12 schools collectively spend about $9 billion per year on instructional software, digital assessments, laptops and tablets for students and teachers. But how do these leaders know whether their investments will lead to the student learning outcomes they desire? Static state budgets.

EdTech 60
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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

There’s also little evidence that personalized learning improves student learning, in part because so many different approaches are used. Related: What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning? Test scores leaped in Lindsay Unified after the district implemented competency-based learning.