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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.

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Empowering Community Perspectives in Evaluation Research

Digital Promise

What is equitable evaluation? As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. Why does equitable evaluation matter? .

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MTSS: Where to Begin?

edWeb.net

Create a matrix of what programs and supports you already have, which populations they support, and who is leading the programs. Evaluate the efficacy of current programs. Look at the data and talk with teachers, staff, administrators, students, parents, etc. Collect data.

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CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program

EdTech Magazine

However, many schools are not properly assessing technology programs, Baule told attendees. For example, when Baule conducted a survey during his time as a superintendent in Indiana, he found only one-third of schools were assessing their one-to-one device programs. . 4 Key Evaluation Questions for K–12 Schools.

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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

Such policies include, for example, mandating that police , healthcare workers and judges receive training to reflect on how their own racial prejudices might affect their work. With this data, we also find that biases vary by race and context. Related: Teachers go to school on racial bias. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SEL Assessment But Were Afraid to Ask

Edsurge

Many school-based social-emotional learning (SEL) programs are widely used, for example. When these programs are well-implemented, they have academic, social, and emotional benefits. How to Use SEL Assessment Data Okay, you know why you want to assess SEL and you know what you want to assess. But that’s changing.

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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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