2016 and Program Evaluation

What Makes a Good Assessment?

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 7, 2016

His research focuses on on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. He recorded a previous show, Fair Grades, Dropping Grades, Grading Versus Knowledge , that is one of our most popular of 2016.

Assessment

Assessment Program Evaluation Data Twitter

Fair Grades, Dropping Grades, Grading Versus Knowledge

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2016

With almost 9,000 downloads and counting, this show is the most popular episode on Every Classroom Matters in 2016 so far. His research focuses on on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform.

Program Evaluation

Program Evaluation Assessment Twitter Course

Documenting and Reflecting on Learning

User Generated Education

MAY 21, 2017

Here are links to photos I took for my two gifted classes and posted to a shared folder on Google Photos during the 2016-17 school year: [link]. The final presentations gave me, as the educator, a type of program evaluation where I got the opportunity to learn the most significant classroom projects from my learners’ perspectives.

Learning

Learning Adobe Program Evaluation Chromebook

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

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

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). FY 2016 $0 (President Obama’s request: $200,000,000). Federal Program Evaluations and Reports: Program not yet implemented.

Policies

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education

Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

2016 Wyoming Google Summit. The journey in Wyoming began with new legislation and funding for the development and implementation of grassroots, K-12 and postsecondary distance education courses and programs. Competitive grant funding has provided schools and communities the ability to customize and innovate.

EdTech

EdTech Edcamps Course Program Evaluation

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

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In September 2016, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced an ambitious goal to successfully support 70 percent of working-aged individuals in the state in earning at least an associate degree by 2025. One promising pattern shows how investments in CTE programs at the high school level are resulting in higher wages for graduates.

Data

Data Industry Program Evaluation Training

The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2019

.’ If you’re in the work of program evaluation, you can see why these things might happen,” said Wolf. In 2016, one of Wolf’s co-authors, Robert Slavin, wrote about the positive results that researchers get when they devise their own measures to prove that their inventions work.

Education

Education Study Analysis Industry

On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized. The more I dug into this question, the more dissatisfied I became with the answers.

OER

OER Outcomes Comparison Study

#AskExcelinEd: How are states advancing next generation learning?

ExcelinEd

JUNE 19, 2019

State Progress Toward Next Generation Learning includes five key findings about the national landscape of next generation learning programs. are or will soon be administering a next generation learning program. Since 2016, at least 15 states have created new next generation learning programs. Key Findings.

Guidelines

Guidelines Learning Policies Program Evaluation

OPINION: When less-affluent families pay too much for child care

The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2018

I’ve recently carried out analyses using a new federal database (the Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of 2016 ) to calculate hourly and annualized prices for parents who purchase at least eight hours a week of center-based care using their own funds for a child under five who does not have a disability.

Comparison

Comparison Program Evaluation Survey Report

A Unified Approach for Digital Integration

edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2018

Named 2012 Washington State Teacher of the Year and an NSBA “20 to Watch” in 2015, he developed and led digital learning, professional development, and innovative librarian programs. His 2016 TEDx talk, “Changing the Conversation About Librarians” promotes Future Ready Librarians, a national initiative he helped develop.

Future Ready

Future Ready Secondary EdTech Survey

What If You Held Your Math Program Accountable for Long-Lasting Impact?

MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The program’s potential to deliver results is not realized. Lacking proper training, widespread use over the long term and results, new programs are often abandoned after less than three years, making multi-year program evaluations impossible. All of the above conspire to inhibit continuous improvement.

Program Evaluation

Program Evaluation Study Analysis Training

ST Math Results & Impact

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 1, 2023

Understanding methods for evaluating the impact of a program can also go a long way. What was the frequency of the program's evaluation? At MIND, we've continuously evaluated ST Math's impact in many schools and districts over the years. This included over 150,000 students between 2013 and 2016.

EdTech

EdTech Study Data Outcomes

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

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

In 2014, the district’s program evaluation department published a study on the reading program’s impact on student learning, as measured by standardized tests. When examining the data, there is a clear indication that SuccessMaker Reading is not improving student growth scores for students,” the evaluation said.

Company

Company Pearson E-rate Software

EdTech Update

What Makes a Good Assessment?

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Documenting and Reflecting on Learning

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

Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

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

The dark side of education research: widespread bias

On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

#AskExcelinEd: How are states advancing next generation learning?

OPINION: When less-affluent families pay too much for child care

A Unified Approach for Digital Integration

What If You Held Your Math Program Accountable for Long-Lasting Impact?

ST Math Results & Impact

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

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