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Developing Ed Tech With a Focus on Students, Teachers and the Research
The need for innovative solutions to help students recover from pandemic learning disruptions and an unpredictable future of work has
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New Research from AERDF and ETS Reveals Decoding Threshold is a Key Barrier to Reading Proficiency in Older K-12 Students
Study highlights the importance of foundational decoding skills and their impact on reading comprehension beyond elementary school, offering new insights
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‘Talking Out of School’ podcast: How to create inclusive philanthropy models
Seeding scientific discovery and research and development (R&D) for the future of education… I think people get excited about that.
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NCTM Features AERDF EF+Math Program
Every student is a powerful learner capable of success in math. And, every student brings core innate assets into the
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Struggling Teenagers Left Out in New Push to Overhaul Reading
The New York Times interviewed Rebecca Kockler, who leads Reading Reimagined, an Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) program,
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RAND and AERDF Release New Report: What’s Missing from Teachers’ Toolkits to Support Student Reading in Grades 3–8
RAND and AERDF released a new report examining teachers’ perspectives on what is needed to help older K-12 students with reading. The
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Why Do Literacy Retention Policies Target 3rd Grade?
We know that every kid can learn to read. The burden is on our system to figure out why 70
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EF+Math R&D team Fraction Ball combines physical activity and math to help third-to fifth-graders understand fractions and decimals through basketball games.
Used in 18 southern California schools, the program has led to improvements in students’ rational number understanding and executive functioning
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A Conversation with Auditi Chakravarty of AERDF on Education Research and Development Measuring EdTech’s Impact
Tom Vander Ark was recently at ISTE 2024 where he got the chance to sit down with Auditi Chakravarty, CEO of
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Students Headed to High School Are Academically a Year Behind, COVID Study Finds
The NWEA results show achievement gaps continuing to widen. For example, Asian students are showing some growth, but made fewer