Ed News for K12 Researchers: How FAFSA was bungled, effective tutoring, teacher training, parent views by subgroup, stress bragging, Pittsburg DRE wanted, proof life is so much better: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
Director of Research & Evaluation position open in Pittsburgh – a great place to live!
Setting assessment achievement levels based on student performance after the pandemic hides learning loss https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/way-we-set-grade-level-norms-tests-masks-pandemic-learning-loss
How health systems protect your data (or not) … HIPAA is not FERPA. https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2024/03/your-body-but-not-your-data.html
How ed colleges shape the STEM teacher workforce
https://caldercenter.org/sites/default/files/CALDER%20WP%20295-0324.pdf
Teacher training, teacher quality and student achievement
https://caldercenter.org/sites/default/files/1001059_Teacher_Training.pdf
Backstory on the bungled FAFSA launch https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2024/03/04/how-ambitious-plans-new-fafsa-ended-fiasco
FAFSA submissions down 40% https://www.ncan.org/news/666524/FAFSA-Submissions-Are-Down-40-How-to-Find-Your-Schools-Data.htm
2 sigma tutoring https://www.educationnext.org/two-sigma-tutoring-separating-science-fiction-from-science-fact/
Online tutoring that works https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272724000185
Tutoring, aka coaching, for teachers works too https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/YG8HIWDFW8SFTKWBIPJM/full
The hazards of equity grading https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/hazards-equity-grading
Teacher race and sped referrals of black boys https://www.aera.net/Newsroom/Study-Black-Boys-Are-Less-Likely-to-Be-Identified-for-Special-Education-When-Matched-with-Black-Teachers
Parent views by race/ethnicity https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/01/24/race-ethnicity-and-parenting/
Is closing schools worth it? https://edsource.org/2024/closing-schools-how-much-money-does-it-save-and-is-it-worth-it/706903
Retake that SAT, it helps https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ygiUe5Mghr6gmL9-5baVPPnMhA4Zg5sf/view
But what about test optional? Bad idea
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/03/standarized-testing-requirements-act-sat/677667/
Stress bragging is a problem in education https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/peps.12645?af=R
Young people drink less than you https://www.iflscience.com/young-people-are-drinking-less-alcohol-but-do-we-know-why-73119?utm_source=recommendedreads.com
The global history of living conditions -- it is good news https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions
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