In our inaugural episode, host Brian LeTendre sits down with MIND's Chief Data Science Officer Andrew Coulson to talk about edtech evaluation. In the discussion, Andrew discusses the subject of his recent blog post on the need for a paradigm shift in edtech evaluation, and why multiple field studies are more valid than single gold standard experiments when gauging program impact.
You can read Andrew's full blog post and download the evaluation rubric here:
http://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/edtech-evaluation-rubric
Additional Resources:
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Information and Standards
https://www.evidenceforessa.org/
https://www.evidenceforessa.org/programs/math/elementary
Ed Tech Industry Network: Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting EdTech Impact Research in U.S. K-12 Schools
https://www.empiricaleducation.com/pdfs/guidelines.pdf
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