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Utah STEM Action Center Releases Exemplar Statewide Program Evaluation

MIND Research Institute

A new bar has been set for state-grants-funded digital math programs evaluation. The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation. A word about repeatable results at scale.

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OPINION: Black-white disparities in education correlate with teachers’ implicit biases, but it will take more than education reform to solve the issue

The Hechinger Report

In a study published in July, we found suggestive evidence supporting the need to address bias in the classroom. With this data, we also find that biases vary by race and context. Chin is a doctoral candidate in education policy and program evaluation at Harvard University. Related: Teachers go to school on racial bias.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., ” How would the program operate?

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

Edsurge

Evidence-based Investments There is a long-standing interest in spending academic intervention funds on programs with a record of success. That data is then fed into program and budget review cycles. To date, these requirements have been more of a compliance exercise than practical guides to good investments.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

Our Improving Ed-Tech Purchasing study found that districts often use “ pilot tryouts ” to make decisions about learning technology tools. Director of Research and Program Evaluation. “We first piloted an adaptive math program with elementary school students. Fulton County Schools.

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Transforming a School District’s Leadership and Literacy Instruction to Increase Equity

edWeb.net

Leadership in Aldine now specifically includes cultivating relationships through empathy and cultural awareness, recognizing potential by identifying areas of strength and working to build capacity, and making student-driven decisions supported by relevant data. Balderas has been an educator for 30 years.

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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

edWeb.net

Data that Drive Solutions. Research illuminates its impact: Elementary school students who miss 10% of school show weaker social skills development, lower reading ability, and higher grade-retention rates. FutureEd and Attendance Works, explained Jordan, studied evidence-based interventions that meet ESSA requirements.