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One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and Personalized Learning to Innovate Exams

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When the Opt-Out movement gained traction in 2015, more than 20 percent of New York students (about 200,000) in grades 3 through 8 declined to take state standardized exams, a statistic that raised questions about the future of such testing. Help or Hindrance?

Exams 112
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Is It Ethical to Run Learning Experiments On Students Without Their Knowledge?

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In June, Dartmouth College dropped a cheating investigation into medical students following the dubious use of Canvas to track perceived activity during exams. But if researchers are A/B testing two innocuous options, what’s the harm? We’re always running experiments.

Ethics 207
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The Low-tech Research Strategies That Are Turning Around a Failing Title I School

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Dr. Christy Beaird, principal at Laura Dearing Elementary School in Nevada, however, has actively applied research with minimal data collection to transform her school from one of the lowest performers in the Clark County School District to one of the highest. We hope to be in the top five by the end of this year.”.

Exams 137