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Edtech Providers Collaborate for a Unified Approach to Interoperability

Edsurge

Andrea Press Classroom Assessment Technical Support Supervisor Pearson Interoperability in education allows different software applications to communicate and work together effectively. We started by documenting everything, which led to building out this consistent framework.

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Tennessee Gives Pearson ‘Emergency’ Test Scoring Contract, Seeks New Vendor

Marketplace K-12

Pearson has been awarded a contract worth about $18.5 million for scoring 2015-16 assessments in Tennessee after the state terminated a contract in April with Measurement Inc. Pearson, a global education company that counts assessments as less than 10 percent of its total revenues , will score about 1.8 million tests.

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Pearson Bets One Small Step for Research Is a Leap for Learning Design

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Pearson Education did something it’s never done before. This week the London-based publishing and assessment giant released a set of learning design principles that anyone can use to develop edtech products. Pearson has been building this collection of learning design principles over the past three years, Porcaro says.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. For 12 years we’ve been documenting their disastrous outcomes, and they’re just resilient.”. At Stride Inc.,

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Savvas Delivers Innovative Back-to-School Solutions to Help Teachers, Students and Families Succeed with Distance Learning

eSchool News

Long known for building learning solutions from the ground up to be used successfully in a blended classroom and online learning environment, Savvas, formerly Pearson K12 Learning, set out to further enhance its content and advanced technologies for more optimized remote teaching. New Tool Simplifies Assessments for Administrators.

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Test Vendors Weigh In On Future of PARCC

Marketplace K-12

Some of the best-known testing organizations in the country–Pearson, ACT, ETS, and Measured Progress among them–weighed in with ideas. It offers some fascinating reading, and implications for the assessment industry. Most are from the usual players in the assessment industry, including ACT Inc.,

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. The importance of adaptability for teachers is well documented in the research literature (e.g., Pearson, P. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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