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

Edsurge

Some states, such as Nevada, also restrict the use of state supplemental academic intervention funds to programs that meet federal research standards and are elevating the importance of evidence-based and high-quality instructional materials. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

MIND Research Institute

Department of Education (DOE) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as one of six math programs to be further investigated under what IES terms “replication studies.”. “We We look forward to using ST Math to help IES realize its vision of a healthier and better-informed market in education program evaluations.

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IES Selects ST Math for Replication Studies

MIND Research Institute

Department of Education (DOE) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as one of six math programs to be further investigated under what IES terms “replication studies.”. “We We look forward to using ST Math to help IES realize its vision of a healthier and better-informed market in education program evaluations.

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OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success

The Hechinger Report

This focus on standardized testing reduces education to a technocratic exercise, overlooking the complexity of how students truly learn and grow. Our scientific approach to program evaluation goes beyond asking whether a programs curriculum works to understanding how and why it works. What role do families play?

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A lot of hope was pinned on after-school programs — now they’re shutting their doors

The Hechinger Report

It offers homework help, enriching activities, healthy snacks and physical exercise often for a fee, but sometimes for free. In the 20 years since the Mathematica reports were published, hundreds of dissertations and program evaluations have added to the evidence base for both sides of the debate. At Clara E.

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