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

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”. But it logged growth starting in the 2013-14 school year, two years before the school introduced Edgenuity.

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Five Learning Strategies that Work

Digital Promise

For each technique, the researchers provided a rating of its overall effectiveness as “high” “moderate” or “low.” ” In other words, this is meant as a learning technique, not for assessment. rated the following three techniques as moderately effective. Wood, E., & Ahmad, M.

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The science of never forgetting: Spaced repetition for fast learning that lasts

Brainscape

Sadler, P., & Good, E. Educational Assessment , 11 (1), 1–31. It only presents flashcards within your ideal learning zone.) The automatic component of habit in health behavior: Habit as cue-contingent automaticity. Health Psychology , 29(4), 374. The impact of self- and peer-grading on student learning. link] Son, L.

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Do public schools beat private schools? The quality of evidence

The Hechinger Report

This separate 2006 analysis of NAEP scores found after adjusting for demographics, fourth grade students did better in math in public schools, and eighth grade students did better in reading in private schools, while all other differences were not statistically significant. Assessment Innovation science Technology'

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium , a major designer of common-core tests for states, is looking for a new fiscal agent after the University of California, Los Angeles, said it will no longer do that work.” ” Via NPR : “ Educators Went To Jail For Cheating.