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

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

IXL says its program is “proven effective” and that research “has shown over and over that IXL produces real results.” Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”.

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Company Pearson E-rate Software

U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: National Educational Technology Trends Study (NETTS). FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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

U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

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