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PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

That’s because low-income students were less likely to attend in-person school, where diagnostic assessments were given, or take an online assessment at home. Those learning loss estimates are based on how students performed on i-Ready assessments administered in school in spring 2021. .”

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America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

More than a dozen studies have documented that students, on average, made sluggish progress in reading during the pandemic. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company calculated that U.S. Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas J. Fordham Institute. Estimates of just how sluggish vary. In 2016, U.S.

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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

edWeb.net

And with online assessments now being required in many states, reliable broadband access is also essential so that students’ knowledge and skills are accurately represented, and technology is not a barrier to achievement and its documentation.

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Take Two: Clever’s Newest Effort to Help Teachers Try Before They Buy Edtech

Edsurge

The San Francisco-based company is best known for its rostering technology that provisions user accounts for software, and a single sign-on service that makes it easy for students and teachers to log into and use tools purchased by district officials. A report published in January suggests that most software licenses purchased go unused.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “As Republicans seek support for their controversial legislation to update the Higher Education Act , a Pentagon document gives ammo to critics over the bill’s plan to end Public Service Loan Forgiveness.” Ah yes, a giant technology company deciding what “good manners” sounds like.