The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has arranged an independent evaluation of an open-source delivery platform it paid the American Institutes for Research to develop.
A vendor blamed for recent disruptions in online assessments will pay financial penalties, under an agreement with Nevada’s state Attorney General.
Amplify’s AP computer science massive, open, online course has been sold to a group of investors.
Fifty-four percent of public school parents oppose having teachers in their communities follow the common-core standards, a PDK/Gallup poll found.
The new site, tes.com, will allow U.S. educators to share and sell resources they create, through an online forum.
PeopleAdmin’s acquisition of SearchSoft Solutions will give the companies a combined reach into 4,000 school districts to help education leaders manage personnel decisions.
Knewton has established partnerships with companies in about 20 countries outside the United States, where demand for ed-tech is growing.
An Education Next poll reveals relatively strong backing for federal testing, and mixed support for the Common Core State Standards.
Total spending on K-12 instructional materials stood at $11.8 billion in 2013-14, according to the Education Market Association.
Amplify will stop marketing tablets to new customers, and its other education assets could soon be sold by its parent company, News Corp.