Assessment, EdTech and Program Evaluation

Assessment and Grading in Distance Learning – How to Get Better

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2020

Thomas Guskey shares insight on assessments From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Assessment expert Dr. Thomas Guskey reflects on the positives and negatives of assessments during distance learning. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit! Guskey, T. Get Set, Go!

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

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2019

Proper technology evaluation is a crucial element to digital innovation , said Baule, speaking at Consortium for School Networking’s 2019 annual conference. Assessments can be used to make programs more cost-effective, improve implementation, enable replication elsewhere in the district and justify more funding to administrators. .

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2019

For almost a decade, selling edtech products to schools and districts has felt dangerously like selling a home over the internet. We describe edtech products with all the excitement and adjectives of a fresh listing on Zillow. Now the good news: Over the past year, we’ve seen a broader set of research practices applied to edtech.

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EdTech Company Outcomes Study

Why You Need More Than "One Good Study" To Evaluate EdTech

MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 16, 2018

You probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear that every education technology (edtech) publisher says their product works, and they all have some sort of supporting evidence. Highly credible edtech evaluation lists give top marks for just one RCT (randomized controlled trial). The Problem: Gold Standard EdTech Studies are Rare.

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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Examples of districts that embed practical evidence-based analysis into their program evaluation and budget cycles include efforts such as Jefferson County Public Schools’ Cycle-based Budgeting program and Schenectady City School’s return on investment review.

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Utah STEM Action Center Releases Exemplar Statewide Program Evaluation

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

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. Utah’s commitment to rigor.

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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). ” How would the program operate? FY 1999: $425,000,000 (President Clinton’s request: $475,000,000). FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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National Study Shows Significant Results on an Unprecedented Scale

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 23, 2018

Independent education research firm WestEd recently published the largest ever national study evaluating a math edtech program. With all 14 states’ math tests transformed to the same basis (statewide z-score) it was possible to aggregate and compare data across any state or assessment. Read the full report from WestEd.

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More than a Checkmark

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Five PRIME Factors for EdTech Evaluation As someone who has evaluated and published findings on an edtech program for two decades, closely watching the marketing hype in the math edtech market in particular, I’ve come to believe something you may find shocking: All edtech programs work.

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ST Math Results & Impact

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 1, 2023

When discussing research that evaluates edtech program effectiveness, we need to talk less about access to it and more about the nature of the information itself. Traditionally, edtech evaluation has been made up of scarce data and insufficient credible information about the efficacy of its program.

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

MIND Research Institute

MAY 9, 2019

“We look forward to using ST Math to help IES realize its vision of a healthier and better-informed market in education program evaluations. But it was a one-off on our program three generations ago, pre-common-core assessments, and one type of school profile. Every edtech product has a study that says it’s effective.

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5 Principles for Evaluating State Test Scores

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

But as Mitch Slater, Co-Founder and CEO of Levered Learning, pointed out in his edWebinar “ A Little Data is a Dangerous Thing: What State Test Score Summaries Do and Don’t Say About Student Learning,” looking at data from one set of assessment scores without context is virtually meaningless. Christina Luke, Ph.D. Christina earned a Ph.D.

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

MIND Research Institute

MAY 9, 2019

“We look forward to using ST Math to help IES realize its vision of a healthier and better-informed market in education program evaluations. But it was a one-off on our program three generations ago, pre-common-core assessments, and one type of school profile. Every edtech product has a study that says it’s effective.

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Study eBook EdTech Common Core

Staying Educationally Relevant in Instructional Technology

Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Am I to follow and be held to the ISTE coaching guidelines of best practice that include: Visionary leadership Teaching, learning, and assessments Digital age learning environments Professional development and program evaluation Digital Citizenshp Content knowledge and professional growth If so, there has to be some changes.

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

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Debunking the ‘Gold Standard’ Myths in Edtech Efficacy

Why You Need More Than "One Good Study" To Evaluate EdTech

With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

Utah STEM Action Center Releases Exemplar Statewide Program Evaluation

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

National Study Shows Significant Results on an Unprecedented Scale

More than a Checkmark

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

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