How has legislation mandating scientifically based research affected district software purchasing decisions?
Many of the participants agreed that it is “business as usual.” Sandy foresees a change in budget planning and sees state initiatives impacting the budgeting. A participant commented that if the burden of researching the validity of educational software falls on schools, that would be very unfortunate. Purchase orders may have to be canceled unless vendors could prove that their software is scientifically based. A participant added that no one is sure what constitutes scientifically based research; that term and what falls under that umbrella is a bit confusing. Karen commented that many districts are looking at products in alignment with current state standards and assessments. Wayne said that they do try to make decisions with the curriculum and state standards in mind. Patty posed the question of whether, with the push to align curriculum standards to software evaluation, teachers naturally know how to align standards or need training. Karen said that there are courses offered in ho
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