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Ed News for K12 Researchers http://bit.ly/2gMnR5j  NAEP is coming, BERC report, does tutoring work? who is in sped, home internet access

 

 

Note that starred items (*) below could not be picked up in the news blast but may be of interest.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                             

 

 

 

The Directors of Research & Evaluation is the national group representing K12 education researchers. We help researchers to connect, communicate and collaborate. This news blast is one way we do that.

 

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Reporting per pupil expenditures  http://edunomicslab.org/our-research/financial-transparency/

 

And funding transparency under ESSA  https://www.ecs.org/wp-content/uploads/Funding_Transparency_Under_ESSA.pdf

 

Launching into adulthood from Baltimore  https://baltimore-berc.org/launching-into-adulthood/

 

Weighted student funding opportunity round 2  https://www.future-ed.org/work/in-weighted-student-funding-pilot-getting-past-the-red-tape/

 

Household internet and computer use at home 

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2017/2017098/ind_07.asp

 

Who is in special ed?  https://www.brookings.edu/research/who-is-in-special-education-and-who-has-access-to-related-services-new-evidence-from-the-national-survey-of-childrens-health/

 

Reporting per pupil expenditures  http://edunomicslab.org/our-research/financial-transparency/

 

And funding transparency under ESSA  https://www.ecs.org/wp-content/uploads/Funding_Transparency_Under_ESSA.pdf


Evidence based interventions in medicine has lessons for ed too 

https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-017-0640-6

 

Marriage and economic class  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/29/upshot/college-marriage-class-differences.html?smid=tw-share

How that citizenship question may impact states, red and blue 
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/03/mapping-the-threat-of-a-census-disaster/556814/

 

Are math homework assignments reflecting the new standards? Not really…

https://edtrust.org/resource/checking-math-assignments-measuring/

 

Improving student outcomes through the Barr model  https://www.air.org/resource/improving-student-outcomes-and-building-positive-relationships-through-barr-model

 

Ensuring data quality https://hbr.org/2018/04/if-your-data-is-bad-your-machine-learning-tools-are-useless?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

 

GAO on black student discipline  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/us/politics/racial-bias-school-discipline-policies.html

 

NAEP scores are released this coming week -- storylines to watch for 

https://edexcellence.net/articles/seven-story-lines-to-follow-when-the-naep-results-are-released-next-week

 

Your invitation to NAEP day from NAGB  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/naep-day-the-release-of-the-2017-nations-report-card-tickets-43937837254 

Will your NAEP scores be down when released on Tuesday? Are computers to blame? 

 https://www.the74million.org/article/1-out-of-10-students-may-have-lower-scores-on-this-years-nations-report-card-simply-because-they-took-the-test-electronically-some-state-officials-are-crying-foul/

 

The geographic location of student loan debt   

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/04/05/look-geographic-distribution-student-debt#.WsZCr_U6dwY.twitter

 

Tutoring works, right?  https://robertslavinsblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/05/new-findings-on-tutoring-four-shockers/

 

Does having upper income students in a state's preschool program help poorer students? 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thehechingerreport/2018/04/05/universal-preschool-works-best-for-poor-kids-study-finds/#5c594a3665b6

 

Poverty moves to the suburbs. The suburbs are in denial. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/poverty-is-moving-to-the-suburbs-the-war-on-poverty-isnt-keeping-up/2018/04/05/cd4bc770-3823-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html?utm_term=.8c27fa56eabf

Teachers are increasingly seeing devices as a net plus in classrooms -- due to better devices or the aging out of teachers?  http://news.gallup.com/poll/232154/teachers-digital-devices-net-plus-education.aspx

 

If you are using algorithms, how are you explaining them to parents and teachers?  https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/right-way-regulate-algorithms

 

Bowling alone, commuting alone together, why we are lonely in America  https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/lonely-america-11153.html

 

Communicating personalized learning to families  https://www.excelined.org/edfly-blog/personalized-learning-lessons-get-message-right/

 

ST math eval shows significant effects  https://wested.org/resources/cross-state-evaluation-of-mind-research-institutes-spatial-temporal-math/

 

Do you use Chan- Z's Summit program? Hopefully it does not have an inBloom problem 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/04/05/facebook-and-the-very-real-problem-of-keeping-student-data-private/?utm_term=.68fae8c66e56

 

*The average rent, percent of renters and eviction rates in your city.  https://evictionlab.org/

 

Louisiana reading test to focus on what kids read in class  http://educationnext.org/reading-test-focused-content/

 

Do you set your testing week by when food stamps are distributed? should you? 

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2018/03/27/food-for-thought-students-test-scores-rise-a-few-weeks-after-families-get-food-stamps/?platform=hootsuite

 

Interesting factoid: 35 years of deaths by county  http://www.healthdata.org/research-article/us-county-level-trends-mortality-rates-causes-death-1980-2014

 

 

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