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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. Why does equitable evaluation matter? .

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. the language that describes the purpose, structure, and requirements of the program); official guidance (i.e., the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S. FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

However, a resurgence in their use has recently been noted in distance education for program evaluation purposes… Stakeholders desire to prove that participants in distance-delivered courses receive the same quality of instruction off-campus as those involved in the “traditional” classroom setting.

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

The Hechinger Report

IXL’s research simply compares state test scores in schools where more than 70 percent of students use their program with state test scores in other schools. This analysis ignores other initiatives happening in those schools and the characteristics of the teachers and students that might influence performance. The results were stark.

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What If You Held Your Math Program Accountable for Long-Lasting Impact?

MIND Research Institute

Let’s take a look at three aspects of the problem, which feed into each other: Once an innovative new program is chosen, it is often not used broadly across an entire school, nor at scale across a whole district. Teachers and staff don’t receive the time and support they need to use the new program with fidelity.

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

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. For example, a personal tutor tends to produce larger student gains than a curriculum used by an entire classroom. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.

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Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

edWeb.net

Dr. Davis also emphasized the importance of listening to conversations at all levels, from school board meetings to individual classrooms and student forums, and noticing what conversations are not taking place as well as what happens during the conversations that do take place. The Path Forward.