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

Edsurge

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. That data is then fed into program and budget review cycles.

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This Tech Encourages Career Planning When It Matters Most—Before Graduation

Edsurge

Today, Lee is a Post Secondary Programs Coordinator for Valley Center USD 262. She runs the Valley Center High School internship program and helps students gain valuable work experience and career knowledge before they head off to college and careers. Download this handy program evaluation and buying checklist.

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An Interactive Tool Empowers High Schoolers To Take Control of Career Planning

Edsurge

Today, Lee is a Post Secondary Programs Coordinator for Valley Center USD 262. She runs the Valley Center High School internship program and helps students gain valuable work experience and career knowledge before they head off to college and careers. Download this handy program evaluation and buying checklist.

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A Unified Approach for Digital Integration

edWeb.net

They also send a technical survey to the vendor, many times followed by a call or meeting to review more details of that resource. DET, working with all things data, develops processes for evaluating digital content, measures efficacy of implementations, and informs decision-making, training, and evaluation.

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Why You Need More Than "One Good Study" To Evaluate EdTech

MIND Research Institute

Highly credible edtech evaluation lists give top marks for just one RCT (randomized controlled trial). The biggest problem with relying solely on fully experimental RCT studies in evaluating edtech programs is their rarity. Yet teachers, usage, and content vary tremendously from K-2, to 3-5, to secondary.

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5 Principles for Evaluating State Test Scores

edWeb.net

Looking at proficiency data. But as Mitch Slater, Co-Founder and CEO of Levered Learning, pointed out in his edWebinar “ A Little Data is a Dangerous Thing: What State Test Score Summaries Do and Don’t Say About Student Learning,” looking at data from one set of assessment scores without context is virtually meaningless.

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Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

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The resulting program was designed to last five years, with annual pre- and post-year evaluations, two days of professional development at the start of each school year, and staff meetings focused on developing cultural proficiency. The Path Forward. Dr. Shivers teaches doctoral-level coursework at Madonna University.