Ed News for K12 Researchers: Attendance impact is linear, State cut scores and CO NC IA VA test scores, US pop shrinking, Dangers ahead K12, Your PD -R, Baysean: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
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Ed News for K12 Researchers: Attendance impact is linear, State cut scores and CO NC IA VA test scores, US pop shrinking, Dangers ahead K12, Your PD -R, Baysean: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
This fortnight’s interesting links for DREs.
These are to keep you up to date on recent articles and to provide research related resources that you can share with colleagues.
Attendance is linear, not geometric, so every day counts about the same https://www.chadaldeman.com/p/the-returns-to-education-are-linear?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=997417&post_id=172608633&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3dr75&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Are absences worth the worry? https://docs.iza.org/dp9558.pdf
What does the data really say about AI cheating? https://www.vox.com/technology/458875/ai-cheating-data-education-panic
5 trends shaping K12 https://www.the74million.org/article/5-trends-reshaping-k-12-education-across-the-u-s/
The US population may shrink for the first time ever in 2025 https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-us-population-could-shrink-in
Losing immigrants impacts the US https://www.pbump.net/o/america-201-we-are-a-nation-of-immigrants-from-places-besides-europe-too/ My grandparents were immigrants, so were yours (and they didn't want the Irish either back then - not American enough)
Blue ribbon schools are no more https://aldailynews.com/u-s-department-of-ed-ends-long-running-national-blue-ribbon-schools-program/
College Board no longer identifies high achieving students from low income families
The states lowering cut scores https://www.karenvaites.org/p/the-states-lowering-academic-thresholds?r=wsgsa&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
Virginia is for test scores (and so is Colorado and Iowa this week) https://statetestscoreresults.substack.com/p/virginia-2025-assessment-results?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1796653&post_id=172564927&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3dr75&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
North Carolina test scores rise https://www.the74million.org/article/north-carolina-students-see-test-scores-graduation-rates-rise/
Harvard's Andrew Ho shares his oral exam approach in classes
Improving the measurement of College and Career readiness
Math problems may be word problems https://www.educationnext.org/what-ai-revealed-about-a-top-math-program/
Tutoring helps, depending on dosage and actual time with the tutor
https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/UChicago-Education-Lab-PLI-Interim-Report-06.2025.pdf
Praeger U's wokeness test for teachers coming to OK https://ktul.com/newsletter-daily/prageru-unveils-all-34-questions-on-its-america-first-test-education-classrooms-oklahoma-department-of-education-ryan-walters-california-new-york-woke
How do charter schools effect test scores? https://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai22-525.pdf
How do districts develop their principals? https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-35.html?project=&utm_campaign=&utm_content=1756845278&utm_medium=rand_social&utm_source=twitter
Better leaders make better schools https://www.educationnext.org/better-leaders-make-better-schools-leading-strategically-city-curtis/
AI isn't making the grade in companies https://futurism.com/ai-agents-failing-companies
Ruh Ro, the new OCR trains its eyes on K12 https://www.educationnext.org/trumps-civil-rights-agenda-comes-for-public-schools/
What the trump admin legally can and can't do in K12 (but when did that stop them?)
How we got here, what the roots of the current admin is thinking and what a liberal concludes
https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/uniform-policy-c-berkshire
A dangerous time for K12 https://www.the74million.org/article/a-political-societal-toxic-stew-makes-this-a-dangerous-time-for-k-12-education/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=opinion+dangerous+time+for+k-12+education
Your PD -- Bayesian Data Analysis Course materials https://avehtari.github.io/BDA_course_Aalto/
Working with data in R https://nickchk.com/Coding%20and%20Data%20Cleaning%20Intro%20R.html
Climate change as an ed polcy issue https://www.brookings.edu/articles/climate-change-is-an-urgent-but-often-overlooked-education-policy-issue/
Feds encourage using Title I for choice https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/department-of-education-encourages-states-expand-education-choice-leveraging-flexibilities-title-i-funds
Activated parents https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/parents-reshape-k-12-public-education-students-go-back-school
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