Digitization and Divergence: Online School Ratings and Segregation in America

For the past two decades, student perception surveys have become standard tools in data collection efforts. At the state level, however, “student voice” is still used sparingly. In this study, we examine the ways in which including student survey results might alter state accountability determinations. Reconstructing the accountability system in Massachusetts, we draw on a unique set of student survey data, which we add to the state’s formula at a maximally feasible dosage in order to determine new school ratings. As we find, student survey data shift school accountability ratings in small but meaningful ways and appear to enhance functional validity. Student survey results introduce information about school quality that is not captured by typical accountability metrics, correlate moderately with test score growth, and are not predicted by student demographic variables.

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ROSES: Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists

Seismological Research Letters ◽

10.1785/0220200421 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fransiska K. Dannemann Dugick ◽

Suzan van der Lee ◽

Germán A. Prieto ◽

Sydney N. Dybing ◽

Liam Toney ◽

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Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Graduate Students ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Development Programs ◽

Content Structure ◽

Course Content ◽

Technical Requirements ◽

Online School ◽

Professional Development Programs ◽

Advanced Graduate

Abstract In response to a pandemic causing the cancellation of numerous professional development programs for emerging seismologists, we successfully planned, promoted, and executed an 11 week online school for advanced graduate students worldwide during the summer of 2020. Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists included 11 distinct lessons focused on different topics in seismology. We highlight the course content, structure, technical requirements, and participation statistics. We additionally provide a series of “lessons learned” for those in the community wishing to establish similar programs.

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K12 online school practice in China

Campus-Wide Information Systems ◽

10.1108/10650740910946864 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 137-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Li Chen ◽

Nan Wang ◽

Ailing Qiao

Keyword(s):

School Practice ◽

Online School

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Moving Towards a More Independent and Collaborative (Online) School Culture

Education in North America ◽

10.5040/9781472593498.ch-005 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 117-134

Author(s):

Maryam Moayeri

Keyword(s):

School Culture ◽

Online School

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Science Net

Development and Management of Virtual Schools ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-154-4.ch011 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 244-261

Author(s):

Leo Tan Wee Hin ◽

R. Subramaniam

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Virtual School ◽

Learning Potential ◽

Science Center ◽

Online School ◽

Formal Science ◽

University Science ◽

Communicative Space

A university-science center partnership called Science Net has been functioning as a virtual school for the extension (science) education of the global public in general and the Singapore public in particular. This chapter describes the design, implementation mechanics and learning potential of this online school for non-formal science education, and suggests that it is an innovative experiment to expand the communicative space of learning in society.

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