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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized. They are essentially media comparison studies or, to be more precise, license comparison studies.

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OPINION: When less-affluent families pay too much for child care

The Hechinger Report

The real angst of my economically fortunate friends pales in comparison to the financial challenges and difficult choices faced by parents who don’t have much discretionary income but need out-of-home care for a young child. Higher Education. He was the founding director of the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S.

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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

edWeb.net

Chronic absenteeism emerged as a top indicator that affects students’ educational experiences. It captured families that might otherwise be disengaged; 85% remembered receiving the report and finding it very helpful. The Research Division is the internal hub in OPS for all things data, assessment, research, and evaluation.

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More than a Checkmark

MIND Research Institute

If you’re merely looking to check a box saying “It has evidence” before you commit to a program, you’re asking for something that can be generated by any program. Savvy practitioners in the field of education should be dissatisfied with this simplistic “checkbox” approach to evaluating program effectiveness.

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

Now, scholars are detecting the same type of biases in the education product industry — even in a federally curated collection of research that’s supposed to be of the highest quality. Higher Education. The study, “ Do Developer-Commissioned Evaluations Inflate Effect Sizes? Choose as many as you like.

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