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ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

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Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview. QTI was created by the IMS Global Learning Consortium, a nonprofit group of education technology developers that maintains standards for how educational data can be captured and shared.

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“ 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. The Chinese online learning company has raised $40.14 million total.

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“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Ohio State University and Apple on Wednesday announced a collaboration that will start a digital learning effort at the university that Apple and university officials said may represent the company’s most ambitious program in higher education.”

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” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” ” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” Can Electrical Stimulation Help Us Learn?” ” asks the Associated Press.

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Via KNN : “‘ aisectmoocs.com ’ launched as India ’s largest free online open learning platform.” Via Campus Technology : “ Udacity has announced a partnership with a ride-sharing service in China to host a $100,000 prize competition to find the best machine learning strategy to improve customer experience.”

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Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” Bill Haslam that the time they spend preparing for and taking standardized tests would be better spent doing hands-on learning activities.” Meanwhile on Campus. “The end is near,” as Buzzfeed put it. .”