edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Steve also addressed any confusion regarding the Common Core State Standards. ESSA did not replace the Common Core State Standards, and although the states are required to have standards, it prohibits the Department of Education from forcing the adoption of a particular set of standards.

Common Core 40

Common Core Pearson Industry Guidelines 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Among those who have turned it into a livelihood are tutors, publishers like Pearson and Scholastic and printers. Moulton has worked in the field for about 15 years with a small family-run company called Educational Data Systems , which makes exams for local districts and high stakes tests for the state of California.

Common Core 150

Common Core Analysis Trends Data 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Open-licensed learning materials have generally been slower to carve out a spot in the K-12 market they have in higher education, where companies like Lumen Learning have found target demographics. Authored by nonprofit Illustrative Mathematics, the curriculum covers Common Core standards for grades 6-8 math. Larry Singer.

Resources 85

Resources OER Pearson Common Core 85

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 29, 2016

Two assessment companies—Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.—are The Texas Education Agency announced last week that it will collect a fine from ETS, the company responsible for the statewide delivery and administration of its State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests, with liquidated damages amounting to $5.7

Assessment 63

Assessment Pearson Common Core Company 63

Marketplace K-12

JULY 9, 2015

a Minnesota-based company, has won a $44 million contract to handle grade 3-8 testing in New York state. Questar Assessment Inc.,

Pearson 40

Pearson Assessment Company Common Core 40

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 30, 2016

Nearly all of those excluded worked for test-prep companies, as my colleague Catherine Gewertz reported. ” In one of Reuters’ stories , the agency reports that test-prep companies posted people outside the March 5 debut of the new exam–and that they collected information from test-takers that was later circulated.

Pearson 40

Pearson Common Core Social Media Company 40

Marketplace K-12

JULY 21, 2015

has been the subject of far fewer headlines in recent years than some of the major players in the testing industry, like Pearson, McGraw-Hill Education/CTB, and the Educational Testing Service. But lately, the Twin Cities-based company has. Questar Assessment Inc.

Pearson 40

Pearson Industry Assessment Company 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

All three new tests are more rigorous than the old GED and were designed to mirror the changes in traditional high schools with the introduction of Common Core standards. That’s because two of the testing companies do not publicly disclose their results, nationally or by state.

Comparison 97

Comparison Data Secondary Report 97

The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

With 120 titles across commonly taught science and social studies concepts, Follett’s Lightbox is directly aligned to Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, National Council for Social Studies Standards, and selected state standards including TEKS. Lightbox can be test driven right here.

Pearson 40

Pearson Common Core Learning Tools 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 18, 2016

Pearson 1-year stock price chart, New York Stock Exchange, from Morningstar. Pearson 3-month stock price chart, New York Stock Exchange, from Morningstar. The American Federation of Teachers is pressuring Pearson PLC, the global education company, to conduct a business strategy review with an eye to becoming more profitable.

Pearson 40

Pearson Company Assessment Exercises 40

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Twelve years ago, Amplify CEO Larry Berger and I wrote about the “ pareto distribution ” of companies in the K-12 sector. Most revenue was generated by a few winner-take-all companies, then there was a long tail of subscale operators. The structure of demand created the “Big Three”—McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson.

Industry 79

Industry Edmodo Pearson Instructional Materials 79

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver. I see their confidence level take off.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” “The Indiana Department of Education is seeking $4 million in damages from the company that created last year’s problem-plagued ISTEP test. ” Oh look. million total.

Education 40

Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero.

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

” Despite thinking of themselves as liberal-learning, today’s tech companies re-inscribe much of this. What sorts of companies and what sorts of products do venture capitalists like, for example? And “platforming” was a story that technology companies were telling about their own goals too.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. ” “ Zynga ’s Headquarters Is Worth More Than The Actual Company.” Credit Cards).”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Pearson hearts coding bootcamps. No word on tuition.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Gee, good thing no one else in ed-tech is in the business of selling these sorts of connections between companies and politicians and schools! ” Ugh.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

” Money and data – they’re intertwined for technology companies – are monopolized in a handful of corporate giants. ” Despite all the Common Core-aligned revisions and all the headlines to the contrary, “ The New SAT Won’t Close the Achievement Gap.” ” (Shocking, I know.)

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Via KJZZ : “ Arizona Board Of Education Replaces Common Core State Standards.” My bet is he joins the Trump administration; Edsurge thinks he’ll start a new company. The IMF has invested $15 million in test prep company BYJU’s. The English-language learning company has raised $15.25

Education 40

Education Coursera lynda.com LMS 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. To be honest, think Thiel and his ed-tech politics have more in common with the rest of Silicon Valley than those that feign outrage at his support of Trump. women of groping and sexual assault.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” ” “Film company behind Love Actually to open school in London,” The Guardian reports. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Fired testing company seeks $25.3

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Lots of reporting on various court filings in the Trump University case, particularly those about the company’s “ playbooks ” detailing how former employees sold its course packages, targeting vulnerable populations. Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.”

Education 45

Education Sakai Udemy Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” I’ll be adding student loan company Quiklo to the ed-tech dead pool. Via Campus Technology : “Digital credentials company Credly is adopting the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL), a common markup language designed to improve discoverability of certifications, badges and other verified achievements. .”

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. ” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. is disappointed in Common Core.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” Related via Buzzfeed : “133 Tech Companies Say Trump’s Immigration Order Is Unconstitutional.” The learn-to-code company with the derogatory name has previously raised $730,000.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40