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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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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

Without conceptualizing an explanatory mechanism—a reason to believe a difference might exist—they simply compare the outcomes of students whose required course materials are openly licensed with those whose materials are traditionally copyrighted. Why would students who use a pencil learn more than students who use a pen?

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Invest in the Workforce of the Future with Data-Driven Collaboration

Digital Promise

By connecting data across silos, the DataHUB will allow researchers and program evaluators to measure the effectiveness of programs in new ways. One promising pattern shows how investments in CTE programs at the high school level are resulting in higher wages for graduates.

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

The Hechinger Report

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Same for Matific, which gives students math practice tailored to their skill level, and Edgenuity, which develops online courses. This story also appeared in USA Today.

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Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

edWeb.net

Work on developing culturally proficient communities during the previous decade has now led to the creation of a professional learning program designed to increase equity and inclusion during the 2020s, in collaboration with the Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators. The Path Forward. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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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. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. ’ If you’re in the work of program evaluation, you can see why these things might happen,” said Wolf.

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Bring Science to Life: The Impact of Video Game Simulations

edWeb.net

In an edWebinar sponsored by Immersed Games, “ Supporting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Learning with Video Games ,” Lindsey Tropf, M.Ed., Three-dimensional learning – The standards are based in three learning dimensions central to science and engineering education: Practices, the behaviors of scientists and engineers.

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