Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

We then evaluate whether it would be more costly to build that and scale, or buy a best-of-breed product in that space that could give us additional customers,” he says. He evaluates a company’s customer retention first and foremost. “If We ask, ‘What are our customers asking for? What are they missing?’

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Educational Technologies Technology Education Evaluation 149

Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2024

Recommended Resources ISTE’s Advancing Edtech Evaluation and Selection page includes a set of user-friendly resources designed to help teachers and education leaders select the best edtech on the market. Convened an advisory group of experts in user experience design, learning design, equity and justice, and edtech product evaluation.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has historically required prospective undergraduate students to submit a standardized test score as part of their applications. Even now, as testing has resumed—albeit with social distancing, face coverings and limited seating—access to testing centers is not equal, nor equitable.

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Testing Exams Internet Fairness 159

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The 26-year-old entrepreneur has set out to replace the standardized tests that are deeply entrenched in K-12 and higher education, like the SAT and ACT, and she tells EdSurge her efforts to do so are sure to spark controversy. How can you move past multiple choice tests?” Rebecca Kantar is fighting an uphill battle.

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Testing Teaching Exams Evaluation 160

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. The quiz seems deceptively easy: The past decade has seen literally hundreds of technologies and ideas emerge, many aimed at engaging or involving K-12 students and supporting student learning. Betsy Corcoran is co-founder of EdSurge.

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Testing Learning Social Studies Evaluation 145

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

“Interactive curriculum is the next wave” of opportunities in the education market, says Tim Brady, a partner at Y Combinator, in an interview with EdSurge. Brady has now overseen 11 cohorts of education technology startups over the past seven years. Edwin Edwin is an AI-powered English tutor.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Emmersion’s adaptive assessments evaluate and certify speaking, writing and reading abilities, which shorten an organization’s time-to-hire and improve customer satisfaction scores. Educational institutions use WebCAPE , Emmersion’s adaptive placement exam, to measure learners’ reading, grammar and listening skills.

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Language Languages Exams English 241

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As educational technology companies look to place learning science at the core of their products, there are three key steps to success: aligning their teams around education outcomes, building a feedback loop, and evaluating and validating your results.

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Science Learning Interdisciplinary Feedback 269

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sessions, keynotes, discussions, and the expo hall will connect attendees with need-to-know details on the latest edtech innovations shaping the education landscape. Plus, they’ll learn best practices and current trends to best leverage educational technology resources. 23, 2024 in Orlando.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

The district was among the first in the country to test the chatbot called Khanmigo, an AI program developed by online learning giant Khan Academy that is designed for classrooms and acts as a tutor for students and an assistant for teachers. Reid studies educational technology products and reviews their efficacy in classroom instruction.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Gales 2025 MLA platinum award winners include: Gale Presents: Petersons Test and Career Prep (platinum award) : offers a comprehensive set of tools to support individuals on their educational and professional journeys.

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Languages Language High School High School 269

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Grounded in decades of research into positive youth development and funded by the Institute of Education Sciences , our framework is a comprehensive set of assessment tools that help schools evaluate students’ mental health, social and emotional well-being, as well as several important risk factors. Is It Truly Research-Validated?

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Evaluation Questions Peer Review Learning 115

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Analytical thinking Creative thinking Resilience, flexibility, and agility Motivation and self-awareness Curiosity and lifelong learning Technological literacy To prepare students for this type of workforce, educators must design impactful learning opportunities that require the use of these AI skills.

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Intelligence Education Ethics Lecturing 343

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. This could mean that the groups of students have similar scores on a state test or a pretest relevant to the study.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams. These lagging indicators exacerbate the issue of lack of capacity.

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Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 325

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A researcher tested a new weight loss supplement. Perhaps education has been missing a key ingredient when it comes to teaching students to detect faulty reasoning: practice. Each group of study participants started the experiment by taking a pre-test and receiving training about critical thinking. lack of control.

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Critical Thinking Multiple Choice Questions Peer Review Testing 217

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

EdSurge connected with Wieman to find out, and to hear about his more recent efforts to improve how teaching evaluations are done at colleges to make them more useful — and more equitable. And so colleges spend lots of time focusing on, ‘OK, how do we select the brains that'll absorb the most with admissions and tests and such?’

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Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Teaching Evaluations 196

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology to enrich classroom environments. Caitlin Smith, the director of technology, has been in the K-12 educational technology space for 10 years.

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Elementary School Elementary School Evaluation Coaching 178

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The most common method is through assessment—either via homework or quizzes and tests. Each quiz contains around 10 questions, with roughly half of the questions evaluating student knowledge of topics covered in last week’s lecture, and the remaining half covering topics from earlier in the course.

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Teaching Instructors Quizzes Intelligence 214

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

They think about problems in context, consider multiple tools and approaches, and apply science, math and data to continuously evaluate designs and make improvements. Some of these insights come from natural cues and human interaction; others via education technologies specific to subjects and lessons.

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Teachers Exams Learning Evaluation 211

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

Finally, the Commissioner of Education assessed the state and district reviewer evaluations, public feedback and cost of the materials before giving approval. With Core5, teachers are empowered to differentiate instruction for each student using meaningful data powered by Lexia’s patented Assessment Without Testing® technology.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Nonprofit Digital Promise agrees, and on August 9, the nonprofit launched an effort to collection and evaluate quality examples of how companies conduct and research in designing and improving their products. It’s applying principles of science, making hypotheses and testing,” he says. Be willing to ask questions… How does this work?

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Evaluation Math Feedback Science 166

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This refrain is well-grounded in empirical research—differences between teachers have been shown not only to affect student test achievement but also a variety of later life student outcomes—and it is the basis for a concerted national effort to upgrade the skill-set of the nation’s teacher workforce.

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Study Teachers Evaluation Confidentiality 159

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In addition, partner with the education technology provider in developing a plan that will meet your district’s curriculum and strategic goals. Share these success criteria when evaluating resources so there is a mutually agreed upon goal that both parties are working toward. Award-winning Math Curriculum Content.

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eLearning Evaluation Math Feedback 166

Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Holding learning technologies accountable. With increased federal support to fund technologies in the classroom, expand broadband access, and put devices in the hands of more students, education technology continues to play an important role in the lives of educators and students.

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Education Testing Evaluation Attention 175

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

Yet, there are plenty of school districts whose implementation success stories provide useful guidance for finding new technology solutions to improve instruction. Let’s explore the four principles that schools and districts should follow in order to maximize the potential of new classroom technology. Get ready for implementation.

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Evaluation Teaching Methods Testing Coaching 182

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

–Jessica Campos, Instructional Technology Coach, Mesquite Independent School District In the 2024 to 2025 school year, districts will be asking more questions about evidence of impact when they’re evaluating and selecting education technology solutions.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

In the coming years, the final funding decisions made by current district leaders will serve as a litmus test to determine if they have proactively addressed the internal capacity needed at the system level to support their chosen allocation of funds. Will they prioritize short-term fixes, or will they root their decisions in sustainability?

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Special Education Teaching Methods Evaluation Testing 278

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

And they were eager to do that through a new tool — it gave them a chance to evaluate the hyped-up market for artificial intelligence (AI) for themselves. Next, we focused on active listening, which I incorporated to test a theory that AI tools might help people develop empathy. What happened to Holden?And The essays were fascinating.

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Evaluation Essay Students Questions 210

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The most recent tests have recorded 5G latency times — how fast a signal goes to and from a device — at under 10 milliseconds. Education Researchers Test the Power of 5G. Tests done in Virginia found the distances reached by the mmWave signal were much greater than people thought — up to 10 kilometers.”. by Erika Gimbel.

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Education Testing Evaluation Accessibility 164

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

has been a leader in implementing stringent supervision and high-stakes evaluation for teachers, these practices are part of a national education reform movement that seeks to standardize teaching in an (ultimately ineffective) quest to boost student test scores. My experience is not unique: While D.C.

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Coaching Teachers Evaluation Feedback 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Even as Anderson excelled in his coursework at Jackson State University, he struggled to pass one of the licensure tests required in Mississippi to gain full admittance into the teacher preparation program at his school. In 2015, 25 states required teacher candidates to pass a basic skills test for admission into a preparation program.

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Exams Teachers Testing Math 188

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2022

Addresses are also evaluated against U.S. My first impression is this seems to be a game-changer, and here is why: I’ve been doing technology education for 25 years, and I don’t get overly excited about any (new) technology anymore,” Sharpsteen said.“ Postal standards for accuracy and Geocoding coordinates.

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Fairness English Motivation Evaluation 258

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2022

“Just having a genuinely consequential system of teacher performance assessment is really unusual in American public education” Stanford's Thomas Dee Dallas and D.C. Student achievement is scored based on test scores and individual improvement. When most people think of measuring teacher quality, they likely think of test scores.

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Teachers Evaluation Achievement Culture 168

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Partnership offers automated assessment of students’ oral reading fluency — for testing at school or at home . Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, announced it is partnering with Analytic Measures Inc. Reports in Real Time key reading skill scores and shows trend data.

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Reading Intelligence Testing Distance Learning 186

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As schools become more focused on continuous improvement and the development of growth mindsets, educators continue to evaluate how they can assess their students' learning to better inform instructional practices. We need to re-evaluate our goals and how we meet them. I think we need to do some serious instructional reflection.

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Learning Students Evaluation Distance Learning 213

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

But while teaching middle school a few years ago, she began to feel the squeeze from high stakes testing, administrator turnover and battles over curriculum scripting. Experts like Bowdoin College education chair Doris Santoro, author of the book “ Demoralized ,” define the concept in moral terms.

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