Education technology won’t be adopted by educators on a regular basis unless it’s packaged in familiar ways.
An Amazon Education executive will lead a company that uses a software platform and consulting to help schools use data to address specific financial and instructional goals.
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.
Math teachers are more likely to seek out resources with evidence of alignment to the common core than are language arts teachers, a RAND report finds.
EdWeek Market Brief will host webinars on Aug. 24 on what the Every Student Succeeds Act means for K-12 companies, and on Aug. 30 on what K-12 districts want from digital content.
Teachers believe science instruction can be improved by integrating the subject with other academic areas, and encouraging in-depth, independent learning, a report by the NewSchools Venture Fund says.
Nevada officials announced that the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium will provide $1.8 million in credits as a result of delays and login problems that riddled the exam last year.
ESSA Opens Doors for New Approaches to Professional Development
The Federal Education Law Emphasizes Ongoing Professional Training Options Beyond 'Sit-and-Get' for Educators
The sweeping new federal education law calls for ongoing, personalized, and collaborative professional development options, which will put pressure on districts, and K-12 providers.
The Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, backed by some conservatives, is being marketed as “the antidote for Common Core-aligned college entrance exams.”
The major philanthropy misread “the level of resources and support required for our public education systems to be well-equipped to implement the standards,” wrote Sue Desmond-Hellman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.