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Eye Opening! Harvard Researchers Say Data Isn’t Improving Student Outcomes

The CoolCatTeacher

“Studying student data seems to not at all improve student outcomes in most of the evaluations I’ve seen,” said Heather Hill, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education , at a February 2022 presentation of the Research Partnership for Professional Learning, a new nonprofit organization that seeks to improve teaching.

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How Data Drives Strategies for Improved Student Outcomes

Edsurge

During this time, her interest in the relationship between student learning outcomes and data-driven insights first emerged, guiding her approach to understanding student progress and informing future educational strategies. Data informs us how best to respond to student needs and work toward the greatest student outcomes.

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Digital Promise Releases Report on Value of Research in Edtech Design

Digital Promise

At the same time, companies are better able to articulate the intended educational outcomes of their product. In our new report, An Overlooked Indicator of Edtech Quality: The Use of Learning Sciences Research , we provide an in-depth look at how learners and products alike can benefit from research-infused design.

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How Research-Based Tools Provide Impactful Learning Outcomes

Edsurge

Cognitive science and research inform every product decision we make and ultimately influence the academic outcomes we achieve. We are a very results-driven company, and you can only expect to achieve success, as measured in educational outcomes, if the inputs are truly based on what science tells us works.

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Frontline Education Releases Inaugural K-12 Lens Survey Report To Guide K-12 Decision-Making

eSchool News

Malvern, PA – Frontline Education , a leading provider of administration software purpose-built for educators in K-12, today announced the release of its inaugural “K-12 Lens: A Survey Report from Frontline Education.” The report presents key data and insights related to each critical opportunity.

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Digital Equity as a Precursor to Successful Learning Outcomes

Lightspeed Systems

Access to education fundamentally changes life outcomes. Digital learning is an absolute necessity for a district to achieve its necessary academic outcomes. And, of course, those academic outcomes impact future budgeting. For successful learning outcomes, both universal truths require internet access and healthy devices.

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’ ’ For many years OER advocates have told faculty, “When you adopt OER your students save money and get the same or better outcomes!”

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