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ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

Edsurge

Among them: the New York City of Department of Education, Elsevier, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and PARCC, the organization involved in delivering Common Core assessments. They include publishers, K-12 districts, higher-ed institutions, publishers and professional certification organizations.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.” I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. That’s certainly it’s aspiration.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. (Remember what I’ve said: watch the student loan space.). ” Speaking of openwashing : “ Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core , Rise of ‘Open’ Resources.”