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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year.

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Education Technology and the New Behaviorism

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” “ Assessing Social-Emotional Skills Can Be Fuzzy Work; SELweb Offers Concrete Data.” “ Three Ways You Can Harness Personalized Learning to Promote a Growth Mindset ” (that’s sponsored content from Edmentum). The Careful Balance of Tech and Relationships.” ” “ Can Grit Be Measured?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via the ACT press release : “ ACT to Deliver Assessment for the Moral Education Program to Students in the UAE.” Other sponsors, in addition to CZI and Gates, included: Knowledgeworks , Edmentum , Amazon Web Services , Oneder , and Reading Plus.). Go, School Sports Team!

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. The Gentrification of Sesame Street.

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