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

Doug Levin

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. Please feel free to comment if you believe I’ve missed a key document or piece of crucial information, or if you have a question regarding the context of a specific statement or document.

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

The conditions of a classroom are too different from those in a medical clinic. 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. Researchers then study the outcomes. age, grade, ELL, SPED, etc).

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

And that may be leaving teachers and school administrators in the dark about the full story of classroom programs and interventions they are considering buying. For example, a personal tutor tends to produce larger student gains than a curriculum used by an entire classroom. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.

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