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

Edsurge

Examples of districts that embed practical evidence-based analysis into their program evaluation and budget cycles include efforts such as Jefferson County Public Schools’ Cycle-based Budgeting program and Schenectady City School’s return on investment review. That data is then fed into program and budget review cycles.

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

For almost a decade, selling edtech products to schools and districts has felt dangerously like selling a home over the internet. We describe edtech products with all the excitement and adjectives of a fresh listing on Zillow. But when it comes to demonstrating that products “work,” too many companies fall back on testimonials.

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More than a Checkmark

MIND Research Institute

Five PRIME Factors for EdTech Evaluation As someone who has evaluated and published findings on an edtech program for two decades, closely watching the marketing hype in the math edtech market in particular, I’ve come to believe something you may find shocking: All edtech programs work.

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ST Math Results & Impact

MIND Research Institute

The ability to come away with a thorough understanding of the results and outcome of a study—and why they're so significant—carries many challenges. When discussing research that evaluates edtech program effectiveness, we need to talk less about access to it and more about the nature of the information itself.

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

MIND Research Institute

Department of Education (DOE) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as one of six math programs to be further investigated under what IES terms “replication studies.”. “We We look forward to using ST Math to help IES realize its vision of a healthier and better-informed market in education program evaluations.

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

MIND Research Institute

Department of Education (DOE) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as one of six math programs to be further investigated under what IES terms “replication studies.”. “We We look forward to using ST Math to help IES realize its vision of a healthier and better-informed market in education program evaluations.

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5 Principles for Evaluating State Test Scores

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Mitch Slater is the CEO and co-founder of Levered Learning, an education company facilitating best instructional practices through classroom-tested, all-in-one blended learning systems. leads the Marketplace Research initiative at Digital Promise which is focused on increasing the amount of evidence in the edtech marketplace.