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

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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. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. At Stride Inc.,

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This highlights the essential role of teacher collaboration in school reform efforts, with restructured schools reporting marked improvements in student performance. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Pearson, P. Madda et al.,

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.”

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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

Edsurge

Pearson Education announced it’s developing mixed reality content for HoloLens so that students can have (semi) real-world experiences in the classroom. Pearson is currently piloting HoloLens content in physics classes at Bryn Mawr College and construction courses at the Royal School of Military Engineering the U.K.

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WHAT’S NEW

techlearning

It includes a variety of assessments, multiple-choice and claim-evidence-reasoning assessments, along with extensive support for teachers such as embedded professional development and instructional resources to support a differentiated learning experience for each student. to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis.

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Education Stimulus Funding: The Who, What, and Why

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While the money is still allocated through the Title I formula, this time, there is a reporting requirement. States must document that they’re using the money to address learning loss. There are opportunities here for assessment companies. However, like the second stimulus funding, there are reporting requirements.