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When We Talk About “Assessment,” What Do We Really Mean?
When we talk about teachers and classroom data use, we’re oftentimes talking about data produced via assessment, or as Stassen et al. (2001) eloquently write, “the systematic collection and analysis of information to improve student learning.” The...
Making Good on Our Data Resolutions: Introducing a new series on lessons from TLA’s 6-month study on the current state of classroom data use
At TLA, we believe that the use of data is one of the most powerful strategies for realizing an effective, engaging, and equitable outcome for every child in classrooms across America. As our friends at the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) say, when used...
Behind the Curtain of Flex Time
This blog first appeared on EdWeek’s Next Gen Learning in Action column. With all the interest in innovative school models, many schools are creating “flex time” periods during the day for students to increase student agency. We at Silicon Schools...
Structure Helps Promote Student Agency
This blog first appeared on EdWeek’s Next Gen Learning in Action column. At Silicon Schools Fund we invest in schools that take new approaches to education. We recently wrote that many schools are starting to create flex time periods during the...
Innovative Times Call for Innovative Measures
The randomized control trial (RCT) is the best tool education researchers have for understanding cause and effect, but there are times - like in blended learning settings - when this research design is undesirable, infeasible, or both. As I have...
What is unique about the researcher’s role in measuring blended learning success?
In previous posts, I illustrated to edtech developers and educators how they can contribute to our shared understanding of if, when, and how blended learning is effective through TLA’s Measurement Agenda for Blended Learning. In this post, I focus...
ARPA-Ed: What would it take?
Recently, the White House hosted a Symposium on the Future of Education R&D and Digital Learning, at which 100 or so researchers came together to share with and learn from each other. The purpose of this meeting was twofold—first, to review...
We Had to Personalize Teaching to Personalize Learning
Blended and personalized learning holds tremendous promise for meeting the individual needs of our students and deepening their learning. Unfortunately, in the rush to implement these models, we often overlook the needs of those responsible for...
Really the End of Average?
It seems that everywhere I turn these days, there’s another book or article reproaching our reliance on averages, and, by extension, the “gold standard” of scientific research – the randomized controlled trial (RCT)–in education. The two concepts...
Researching, Developing, Integrating, and Guiding: TNTP Explores New Roles for Blended Learning Teachers
Last week, and with TLA’s support, TNTP released a first version of guidance to help districts and schools rethink their human capital systems to support blended learning. The working paper, “Reimagining Teaching In a Blended Classroom,” summarizes...
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