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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

Schools that have begun to use adaptive technology tools have been encouraged by the results. At Aspire ERES Academy in Oakland, students spend up to 80 minutes daily on their Chromebooks using online, adaptive learning tools. You have to let go of some of the micromanagement,” Montero says in a study conducted by Pearson.

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Desmos Passes the Smarter Balanced Test (and Hopes to Save Math Students $100)

Edsurge

Other paying organizations include the College Board, which uses Desmos in its SpringBoard math program, and Pearson, which embeds the tool in its high school and college preparatory math offerings. The deal with Desmos gives its maligned exams a much-needed technology upgrade. Such deals are “how we pay the bills,” Luberoff says.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Pearson officials have been talking about shifting away from being identified as simply a publishing company for years now.

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How AI could transform the way schools test kids

The Hechinger Report

Big test makers like Pearson are already doing this, he said.) That said, the technology isn’t there yet, and educators and test designers need to tread carefully , experts warn. Before schools begin to use AI for assessments, teachers will need professional development on how to use AI effectively and wisely, Turner Lee said.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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