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Do You Know the Edtech Adoption Rules in Your State? SETDA’s New Guide May Help.

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Some, such as California, state that all digital materials must have a printed counterpart. Others stipulate publishers complete special checklists or tweaks to Request for Proposal (RFP) documents. Occasionally the state will also partner with companies to provide materials or services to districts free of charge.

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PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

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“If you teach phonemic awareness, students will learn phonemic awareness,” which isn’t the goal, said Tiffany Peltier , a learning scientist who consults on literacy training for teachers at NWEA, an assessment company. “If Companies sold phonemic programs to schools and told teachers to teach it every day. school districts.

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Curriculum Associates’ CEO Rob Waldron Appointed to the Association of Test Publishers’ CEO Council

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Representing leading publishers and assessment service providers in the testing industry, the ATP promotes high-quality programs among members—as well as among the entire assessment community—through highly regarded global events, advocacy work, best practices guidance documents, and networking opportunities. About Curriculum Associates.

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

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ClassVR, the company’s solution, is a full turnkey VR and AR offering for classrooms, teachers, and education. ELMO’s document cameras offer various ways to help students visualize objects and see in detail. ClassVR offers a web-based management portal and uses existing IT infrastructure for wi-fi and connectivity.

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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

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The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. Poorer districts often paid the highest prices.

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How Edtech Can Help Build a Blueprint for Real Change in K-12

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And edtech companies cater to this fragmentation in their product design and marketing. Curriculum and instructional materials live on websites, in the cloud, on paper, in LMS’s, in Google Drive or OneDrive. It’s as if you’re furnishing your house one piece at a time with no thought to how they fit together.

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Most English lessons on Teachers Pay Teachers and other sites are ‘mediocre’ or ‘not worth using,’ study finds

The Hechinger Report

in English literature and was the lead reviewer in a December 2019 study of online instructional materials. “But you have to have the excitement of digging into the text. ” Teachers Pay Teachers is one of the most popular sites for all kinds of materials. teachers use it, according to the company.

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