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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

They are essentially media comparison studies or, to be more precise, license comparison studies. It should surprise no one that media comparison studies find no significant difference in student learning. ” This is a theme in media comparison studies that has been repeated in the literature for decades.

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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. His areas of specialization include early childhood programs and program evaluation.

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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

edWeb.net

During one school year, random families received, via regular mail, four-five attendance reports—written at a fourth-grade reading level and in a language spoken at home—ranking their children’s attendance rates in comparison to those of their classmates’. Almost all took action as a result. Todd received his Ph.D.

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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. It’s normal to have at least half of users not meeting the program’s usage targets. It is often spotty across schools or classrooms.

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

He recalled a reading study where struggling students who didn’t complete the program were excluded from the treatment group. The comparison control group, of course, kept the low achieving readers and their low scores, making the intervention look more successful. “Every single person said ‘no.’

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