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K-12 EdTech
Students learn best when instruction is tailored to their needs and interests, yet delivering high-quality, personalized learning is challenging for educators at scale. Edtech products hold promise for enabling more adaptive and responsive learning experiences, but more research needs to be done to see which of these products are most effective for student outcomes.
Completed
Scaling Teachers’ Professional Development for ASSISTments Companion Report: Implementation Analysis of the ASSISTments Intervention
This QED was designed to estimate the impact of the ASSISTments platform, a freely available educational technology platform for teachers and students to support math achievement, alongside a virtual professional learning community (vPLC), designed to connect rural teachers and those with limited access to in-person learning.
Completed
Long-Term Effects of an Online Math Tool on U.S. Adolescents’ Achievement
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the effects of ASSISTments, a freely available educational technology platform to support formative assessment and provide opportunities for assisted practice in math, on eighth graders’ math achievement a year post-intervention in 63 North Carolina schools.
Completed
EdTech Context Inventory: Factor Analyses for Ten Instruments to Measure EdTech Implementation Context Features
This is a methodological paper that explores the reliability of various measures of the context in which educational technology is delivered (e.g., instruments measuring teachers’ beliefs about and knowledge of educational technologies).
In Progress
Evaluating Acceleration vs. Remediation Approaches in Digital Math Learning
This study examines the impact of acceleration versus remediation approaches in digital math tools on elementary student achievement.
In Progress
Evaluating the Impact of Project Compass on Student Math Achievement and Instructional Practice
This study evaluates the impact of a formative assessment tool, Project Compass, on middle school math achievement and instructional practice.
In Progress
Evaluating the Impact of CL360 on Middle School Literacy Achievement
This study evaluates the impact of a comprehensive literacy program, CommonLit 360, on middle school students’ reading and language skills.
In Progress
Evaluating the Impact of Magpie on K–2 Students’ Foundational Literacy Skills
This study evaluates the impact of a digital literacy tool, Magpie Literacy, on early elementary students’ foundational reading skills.
Open Research Questions
Completed study findings aligned with these questions in our repository include:
- Efficacy of Zearn Math over Two Years in Grades 3 to 5: An Experiment in Texas
- Effects of a Quill.org Intervention on Paragraph Revision
In-progress studies that address these questions are:
- Evaluating the Impact of CL360 on Middle School Literacy Achievement
- Evaluating the Impact of Magpie on K–2 Students’ Foundational Literacy Skills
- Evaluating Acceleration vs. Remediation Approaches in Digital Math Learning
- Evaluating the Impact of Project Compass on Student Math Achievement and Instructional Practice
Completed study findings aligned with this question in our repository include:
- Scaling Teachers’ Professional Development for ASSISTments Companion Report: Implementation Analysis of the ASSISTments Intervention
- Evaluation of Zearn Supplemental with Dedicated Implementation Support
In-progress studies that address this question are:
We plan to fund work on this topic in 2026 and will share links to studies aligned with this question once grants have been approved.
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