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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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What Makes a Good Assessment?

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment strategies that show what students have REALLY learned From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Assessment strategies that show what students have REALLY learned. Assessments should cover what is taught and address important learning goals. The post What Makes a Good Assessment?

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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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The Actual Dollars That Will Shape the New K-12 Investment Ecosystem

Edsurge

The data are now being gathered and they need to be ready for publication on the 2019-2020 state and district report cards. Most schools do not currently collect this kind of information or if they do, they have not had to report it to the public. This will demand a careful communication strategy.

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SEL Assessment But Were Afraid to Ask

Edsurge

Common purposes include formative assessment, program evaluation, progress monitoring, summative assessment, diagnosis, screening, continuous improvement and high-stakes accountability. Each assessment strategy has a sweet spot for what it can assess and what assessment goal it can achieve.

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Invest in the Workforce of the Future with Data-Driven Collaboration

Digital Promise

In September 2018, Digital Promise conducted interviews with 10 individuals working for or with the state to illuminate best practices and strategies devised to achieve this goal. Rhode Island state agencies are also committed to sharing aggregate data and reports with the public to hold policymakers accountable to the taxpayers.

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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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