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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. Why is the report significant? What does the report say about K-12 math software?

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Assessment and Grading in Distance Learning – How to Get Better

The CoolCatTeacher

His research focuses on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems. On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting.

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Empowering Community Perspectives in Evaluation Research

Digital Promise

What is equitable evaluation? As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. Why does equitable evaluation matter? .

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000).

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CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program

EdTech Magazine

For example, when Baule conducted a survey during his time as a superintendent in Indiana, he found only one-third of schools were assessing their one-to-one device programs. . To help administrators create effective, long-term programs, Baule outlined some best practices for technology program evaluation.

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Fair Grades, Dropping Grades, Grading Versus Knowledge

The CoolCatTeacher

His research focuses on on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. Listen on: BAM Radio Network | iTunes | Stitche r . Should we be averaging grades? Picture by Thomas Guskey.

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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

This story about implicit bias was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Chin is a doctoral candidate in education policy and program evaluation at Harvard University. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.