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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. Ebook: Demanding More from Edtech Evaluation. More studies on ST Math outcomes.

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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., 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies).

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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. Chin is a doctoral candidate in education policy and program evaluation at Harvard University. Virginia Lovison is a doctoral student in education policy and program evaluation at Harvard University.

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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. To date, these requirements have been more of a compliance exercise than practical guides to good investments. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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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. ” Mahnaz Charania.

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

edWeb.net

After a curriculum audit and a second opinion confirmed the resources being used were not well aligned with the level of text on state tests, there was also a program evaluation that showed disparities in literacy instruction, with some educators not always providing the level of instruction students needed.

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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

edWeb.net

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. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.