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Utah STEM Action Center Releases Exemplar Statewide Program Evaluation

MIND Research Institute

A new bar has been set for state-grants-funded digital math programs evaluation. The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation. What can other states take from this analysis?

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Documenting and Reflecting on Learning

User Generated Education

Blogging has its own unique benefits as Sylvia Duckworth’s Sketchnote summarizes: Experiential, STEM, STEAM, and maker education are the focus of my gifted education classes. Blogging acts as a formative assessment whereby I, as the educator, get an opportunity to learn what elements of the projects were significant for my learners.

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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

Edsurge

Examples of districts that embed practical evidence-based analysis into their program evaluation and budget cycles include efforts such as Jefferson County Public Schools’ Cycle-based Budgeting program and Schenectady City School’s return on investment review. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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An Interactive Tool Empowers High Schoolers To Take Control of Career Planning

Edsurge

During this advisory time, students use the software to research careers, research their majors and even figure out which careers match their personality using Xello’s Matchmaker assessment. When students get the list from the assessment, they can click on a career that interests them and dig deeper. What is the income?

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Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

edWeb.net

After starting with individual work, the next phases cover district assessments and audits, designing a district plan, and then providing support and coaching during the implementation of the plan. And equally important is determining all the assessments and grading are free of bias and accurately reflect student mastery.

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Bring Science to Life: The Impact of Video Game Simulations

edWeb.net

They should understand science concepts and draw on them to answer questions and solve problems as well as connect them to other STEM concepts. Disciplinary core ideas that focus science curricula, instruction, and assessments on the most important aspects of science. Crosscutting concepts applied and linked across all science domains.

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