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

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TAO is built based on QTI (short for “Question and Test Interoperability”), a data standard that enables assessment content and data to work across different testing platforms, item banks, delivery systems and reporting tools. The company also has contracts with ministries of education in Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Portugal and the U.K.

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Via Mother Jones : “How the Justice Department Is Trying to Dismantle Georgia ’s Segregated Special-Education System.” Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier.

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Republican lawmakers back bill that would substantially cut tuition and revenue , and seek more student diversity, at five system campuses, four of which are minority-serving institutions.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository.

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” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “The University of California system has agreed to pay $1.15 Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.” Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. ” These VR people seem nice and ethical. .”

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blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 Speaking of feedback, Inside Higher Ed also profiles a sentiment analysis surveillance tool , developed at the University of St. Via the Hypothes.is

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.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bill backed by President Trump and announced Wednesday aims to reduce overall legal immigration by half while putting in place a new points-based system for applicants for employment-based green cards that would privilege graduates of American universities.” Elsevier has acquired bepress.

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “After the State College of Florida replaced a tenure-like system with three-year contracts for all new faculty members, some complained. ” Via Edsurge : “ Adam Bellow Becomes CEO of Breakout EDU to Spread Gamified Learning.” Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. “Can U.S.