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

The Hechinger Report

Same for Matific, which gives students math practice tailored to their skill level, and Edgenuity, which develops online courses. IXL says its program is “proven effective” and that research “has shown over and over that IXL produces real results.” This story also appeared in USA Today. The results were stark.

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Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding

The Hechinger Report

This single assignment asks students to master science, math, history and language arts standards, which is par for the course for these sixth graders. In English language arts, they did even better than their peers, growing more over the course of the year than students in the school’s traditional classrooms.

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

Students are also not “prequalified”—in other words, they frequently begin a course of study with radically different levels of knowledge. Summative Research This is all about outcomes and includes the classic RCT and QED research programs. Evaluating outcomes in this way takes both time and financial resources.

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