The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 77

Dropout Secondary Course Report 77

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Scores for grades 2-8 in math and reading on year-to-year Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments show 140 to 240 percent growth, with the highest scores in grades 6-8—when students typically see a slight decline. They look at the data to see what the students are mastering and where they have gaps.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Dropout Learning Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Often, personalized learning includes technology that adapts lessons to students’ needs and provides data so that teachers can see how each learner is growing. Their ESSA plans detail systemic transformations of assessment methods and other practices, according to Lillian Pace, the senior director of national policy at KnowledgeWorks.

Personalized Learning 74

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 74

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. In particular, he noted, the Say Yes provision to share student data went against the closed-shop mentality of the superintendent’s office. One of the more difficult things for us to give up,” said Keresztes, “was our student data. Are our students completing post-secondary education?

Data 98

Data Secondary System Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The district relied on individual schools to call families, while its department of research, assessment and data conducted surveys at individual school sites to find out whether families had an internet connection and computer access. In August 2020, they launched a “Tech Check” survey to collect that data.

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Vermont has one of the oldest populations in the United States and, the Vermont State Data Center reports, is now tied with Connecticut for the lowest birth rate in the nation. Among Act 77’s aims: to reduce high school dropout rates, particularly among low-income students. (In Higher Education.

Report 104

Report Personalized Learning Dropout Course 104

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” That data matches what YEP instructors have heard anecdotally: Students who drop out, even those who eventually take the HiSET, often become completely disengaged from education, sometimes for years.

Dropout 58

Dropout Policies Report System 58