Savvy companies are connecting with school leaders via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms, planting the seeds for future deals.
What Companies Should Know About Educators’ Social Media Habits
Tracking Ed-Market Deals: Indiana Examines Assessment Options; Chicago Reaches Out to Parents
The state of Indiana needs a vendor to help with major assessment work, and the Chicago schools need help with parent engagement.
New Open Ed. Group Vows to Battle Commercial Publishers for K-12 Contracts
Open Up Resources, a nonprofit led by a former Pearson executive, has fashioned a business model it hopes will help it go after district RFPs.
Closely Watched Lawsuit Has Implications for Open Ed. Resources Market
Great Minds, an organization that has created open education resources for EngageNY, is arguing in court that FedEx is profiting from copying those materials for schools and needs to offer compensation for doing so.
Test Vendors Weigh In On Future of PARCC
Some of the biggest companies in the testing industry responded to a request for information from PARCC seeking input about the future of the assessment consortium.
Why Developers of Adaptive-Learning Technologies Are Missing the Mark
Ken Koedinger, a professor of human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about the challenges facing developers of adaptive-learning products.
Tracking Ed-Market Deals: Delaware Revamps Testing System, and Va. District Looks to STEM
Delaware officials need help designing online tests in social studies, and Alexandria, Va., officials want vendors’ proposals for interactive STEM modules.
State Testing Disruptions Likely Produced Dips and Gains in Student Scores, Study Says
An analysis of interruptions on Smarter Balanced exams in Nevada, North Dakota, and Montana recommends that public and industry officials assume test interruptions will occur—and prepare for them.
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