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How Blockchain Can Encourage Learning

Edsurge

Other emerging programs in the K12 space focus on the unique needs of hard-to-reach students. The program evaluates completion and consistency of student work, then releases digital funds accordingly. where elementary school students can select adventures and collect gifts as a result of learning core skills.

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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. Further Reading.

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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., FY 2001: $450,000,000. The post U.S.

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

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

Digital Promise

Director of Research and Program Evaluation. “We first piloted an adaptive math program with elementary school students. We liked what we saw so we decided to make it available to all elementary schools in the district. ” Mahnaz Charania. Fulton County Schools. Director of Technology and Innovation.

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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? This is the kind of work that Schenectady City Schools in New York has been advancing with their return on investment program evaluation model. Questions will immediately emerge.

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