Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

However, a resurgence in their use has recently been noted in distance education for program evaluation purposes… Stakeholders desire to prove that participants in distance-delivered courses receive the same quality of instruction off-campus as those involved in the “traditional” classroom setting.

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OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Citizen Schools’ 8th Grade Academy program (8GA) is a bridge between middle school and high school, providing basic and real-world skills students need to transition successfully to high school and graduate. Ninety percent of the students Citizen Schools serves are from low-income families.

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Program Evaluation Analysis Outcomes Strategy 40

edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Panelist Phyllis Jordan, editorial director at FutureEd, pointed to the results of the organization’s analysis of states’ 2017 ESSA plans, which require one non-academic indicator for school assessments. The Research Division is the internal hub in OPS for all things data, assessment, research, and evaluation.

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Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

IXL’s research simply compares state test scores in schools where more than 70 percent of students use their program with state test scores in other schools. This analysis ignores other initiatives happening in those schools and the characteristics of the teachers and students that might influence performance. The results were stark.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Let’s take a look at three aspects of the problem, which feed into each other: Once an innovative new program is chosen, it is often not used broadly across an entire school, nor at scale across a whole district. Teachers and staff don’t receive the time and support they need to use the new program with fidelity.

Program Evaluation 40

Program Evaluation Study Analysis Training 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: An analysis of 30 years of educational research by scholars at Johns Hopkins University found that when a maker of an educational intervention conducted its own research or paid someone to do the research, the results commonly showed greater benefits for students than when the research was independent.

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Education Study Analysis Industry 112

edWeb.net

APRIL 11, 2020

Tropf explained that demonstrations, technology, or simulations are ideal for framing and involving learners in the study and analysis of phenomena through interactive text and activities. Phenomena should relate to students’ everyday local experiences or things that are meaningful and important to them and that they can observe.

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Video Analysis Program Evaluation Game-Based Learning 57

MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 16, 2018

The biggest problem with relying solely on fully experimental RCT studies in evaluating edtech programs is their rarity. In order to meet the requirements of full experiments, these studies take years of planning and often years of analysis before publication. Download the Program Evaluation Rubric (with ST Math notation).

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Study EdTech Program Evaluation Assessment 85

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

While educators should track performance data to help inform their overall view on a district, school, or class, they need to keep in mind basic data analysis principles to ensure that they aren’t getting a false image of their students’ achievement. Prior to looking at data, educators need to avoid two major pitfalls. Christina Luke, Ph.D.

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Analysis Data EdTech Assessment 40

edWeb.net

MAY 27, 2021

Careful listening and data analysis can then lead to a strategic diversity plan that includes prioritizing resources, creating multicultural goals, and developing aligned professional development. The Path Forward.

Professional Learning 63

Professional Learning Elementary Policies Assessment 63

MIND Research Institute

MAY 9, 2019

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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Study eBook EdTech Common Core 45

MIND Research Institute

MAY 9, 2019

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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Study eBook EdTech Common Core 40

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2019

Summative Research This is all about outcomes and includes the classic RCT and QED research programs. Evaluating outcomes in this way takes both time and financial resources. Based on an analysis of numerous edtech companies, we believe that edtech companies go through eight developmental stages.

EdTech 139

EdTech Company Outcomes Study 139

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2021

Whereas we once were forced to limit the scope of policy and program evaluations to one or two key research questions, we now can harness new data sources and technology to broaden the quest. This moves us closer to more fully answering the key questions of policy evaluation: Does it work? Innovation is not inherently good.

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STEM Analysis Policies Data 128