Ed News for K12 Researchers: Calc or Stats? NAEP shrinks, give the right tests – not more tests, ERIC is cut, reporting survey results, teen birth rates, new ways to protect privacy : https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
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Ed News for K12 Researchers: Calc or Stats? NAEP shrinks, give the right tests – not more tests, ERIC is cut, reporting survey results, teen birth rates, new ways to protect privacy : https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
Calculus or statistics: Does it matter? https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/calculus-or-statistics-does-it-matter?__cf_chl_tk=.oBAGGwpLdSHh_GMbV8UZn859ZFECmgI6b1.6M6xRMY-1745637556-1.0.1.1-2_3xjn_EURhZvsVG4T1OU5HT3BYOVunBniRoF66y_uI
First they came for the 12th grade tests: a smaller NAEP https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-smaller-naep/?utm_source=The+Hechinger+Report&utm_campaign=555d267c3b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_24_05_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-555d267c3b-322580005
NAEP assessment calendar https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/calendar.aspx
Give the right tests, not more tests https://www.the74million.org/article/advice-for-districts-dont-give-more-tests-give-the-right-tests/
Where the feds are on testing https://www.the74million.org/article/trump-education-plan-raises-fears-over-future-of-testing-and-accountability/
ERIC is in trouble (but someone created ERICA to archive the existing reports) https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-eric-under-threat/?utm_source=The+Hechinger+Report&utm_campaign=e92becb064-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_18_02_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e92becb064-322580005
Mistakes in reporting survey data https://stephanieevergreen.com/mistakes-when-reporting-survey-results/
How to protect data with privacy enhancing technology https://www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/how-to-protect-government-data-with-privacy-enhancing-technology/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=org&utm_term=thread&utm_content=link
8th grade automatic math admission policies https://eduprogress.org/automatic-enrollment-policies-check-all-the-boxes/
Expanding access to highly effective teachers https://edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1174
End the birthday bias https://www.educationnext.org/end-the-birthday-bias-age-allowances-high-stakes-tests-proven-boost-fairness/
The current state of AI https://www.educationnext.org/end-the-birthday-bias-age-allowances-high-stakes-tests-proven-boost-fairness/
More districts are training teachers on AI https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-31.html?project=&utm_campaign=&utm_content=1744141797&utm_medium=rand_social&utm_source=twitter
How late is too late to switch college majors? https://www.luminafoundation.org/files/resources/how-late-is-too-late.pdf
You have fewer students because you had fewer pregnant teens https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45184#:~:text=From%20the%201990s%20through%202019,of%20multiple%20methods%20of%20contraception
Declining enrollment: charters? vouchers? fewer kids? we are still education gatekeepers rather than greeters? all of the above? https://www.educationdaly.us/p/enrollment-is-a-time-bomb-for-urban
Why students can't master math https://hollykorbey.substack.com/p/unlocked-why-so-many-students-cant
Can block grants help marginal learners https://crpe.org/picking-up-the-pieces-of-federal-education-programs-can-block-grants-help-marginalized-learners/
Title I at 60 https://www.k12dive.com/news/Title-I-schools-low-income-students-60th-anniversary/745015/
Teacher turnover almost back to normal https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-29.html?project=&utm_campaign=&utm_content=1744638785&utm_medium=rand_social&utm_source=twitter
Brain drain at Census https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5349435/us-census-bureau-data-decennial
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