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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

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A Boston Globe analysis of more than 100 high school valedictorians from the classes of 2005 to 2007 found that 25 percent didn’t get a bachelor’s degree within six years. Admissions With Algorithms One of those ways may be through mobile games. KnackApp mobile games try to measure players' "microbehaviors" with algorithms.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course. Course Signals.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Start-up firm Spires plans rapid expansion across UK universities, and says it could help social mobility – but others see private tutoring as harming access.” ” “Live instruction” is not teachers; it is content delivery via a mobile device. PowerSchool has acquired TIENET for an undisclosed sum.