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Utah STEM Action Center Releases Exemplar Statewide Program Evaluation

MIND Research Institute

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. Ebook: Demanding More from Edtech Evaluation. More studies on ST Math outcomes.

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

Edsurge

Here are five existing policies that policymakers and local officials are likely to lean on to ensure that funds are used effectively, with regard to investments in remote learning programs and services. Evidence-based Investments There is a long-standing interest in spending academic intervention funds on programs with a record of success.

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

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., ” How would the program operate?

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

We want to understand how effective our current set of digital math resources are on student outcomes and how schools are currently adopting resources for their classrooms. Director of Research and Program Evaluation. “We first piloted an adaptive math program with elementary school students.

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Profiles in Success: Evaluation Links ST Math to Improved Growth Mindset

MIND Research Institute

At Robeson Elementary, a school in Champaign Unit 4 School District in Illinois, educators take pride in fostering a growth mindset in their students and providing them with the right tools for success. Nick Gaines, Principal, Robeson Elementary School. Robeson's teachers have seen a huge impact with the addition of ST Math.

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

Edsurge

For instance: Why is it that one elementary school gets $1800 more per pupil of state funds than the higher-needs school on the other side of town? Is the investment producing the anticipated learning outcome or behavior change amongst students, staff, and administration? Questions will immediately emerge.

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Online program expands to combat early learning disruptions caused by coronavirus closures

The Hechinger Report

A growing body of research shows that children who start kindergarten without a firm grasp of the basics are more vulnerable to poor academic outcomes in later grades. That’s often the case in Mississippi, where nearly two-thirds of the state’s 5-year-olds were not ready to enter kindergarten this year.