The company that paid Nevada $1.3 million after a testing meltdown earlier this year has been selected by Maine for its 2015-16 educational assessment contract.
The Facebook executive and his wife say they will donate 99 percent of their Facebook shares, worth $45 billion, to a host of public health and education efforts.
Google Chromebooks have made continued gains in the U.S. market, but Microsoft could be poised for success in the international education over the next year, predicts Futuresource Consulting.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development selected the Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit to deliver the Test for Schools, and use its online testing platform internationally.
A new portal created by the Council of Chief State School Officers provides case studies and resources on OER for state and local education officials.
A new report by MDR cites outmoded purchasing practices, data-privacy concerns and other issues as slowing the K-12 transition from print to digital resources.
Test-takers who checked “yes” and agreed to disclose personal information were not the victims of deceptive practices when their information was sold by the College Board and the ACT, the court ruled.
These K-12 nonprofits raised $350 million in revenues and spent $181 million on programs and grants, according to research into their IRS filings.
A study of pilot projects used to test ed-tech systems in six districts found that the K-12 systems managed the process in very different, and largely informal ways.
Instructure Inc., which serves 1,600 customers with its Canvas learning management system, went public on Friday, in what some say is a boost to the K-12 market.