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Online program expands to combat early learning disruptions caused by coronavirus closures

The Hechinger Report

Thousands of Mississippi children will have access to the software this summer as part of an effort to support incoming kindergarteners during the coronavirus pandemic.Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Children really need to have as much support during this interim as they can get.”

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#AskExcelinEd: How are states advancing next generation learning?

ExcelinEd

Excel in Ed and Foresight Law + Policy’s new report, State Progress Toward Next Generation Learning: A National Landscape , closely examines state innovation and pilot programs supporting next generation learning, which includes personalized learning and mastery-based education.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

None of the studies behind IXL’s or Matific’s research claims were designed well enough to offer reliable evidence of their products’ effectiveness, according to a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University who catalog effective educational programs. The Gates Foundation is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.)

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

Congress redefined its support of education under a program called the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. This included guidelines for curriculum and edtech. Summative Research This is all about outcomes and includes the classic RCT and QED research programs. age, grade, ELL, SPED, etc).

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National Study Shows Significant Results on an Unprecedented Scale

MIND Research Institute

As a general guideline, most students can complete their grade-level program if they use ST Math for about 20 minutes every weekday, or 90 minutes/week either at home or at school. The report also separately evaluated all 80,000 ST Math students regardless of implementation and found a significant effect size of 0.17.

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