Talladega County Schools' graduation rate rose from just above 70 percent in 2008 to 93 percent after its transition to project-based learning supported by digital technologies¶

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q2 i? After Talladega County Schools transitioned to PBL pedagogies with integrated digital technologies, its district graduation rate rose from a shade above 70 percent in 2008 to 93 percent, and Winterboro High School reached 100 percent by the end of 2018-19. → Brizard 2023

Evidence¶

Brizard 2023¶

Brizard, J.-C. (2023). Breaking with the past: Embracing digital transformation in education. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/176

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Case-study profile of Talladega County Schools (about 7,000 learners, 71 percent receiving free and reduced-priced meals) reported in the publication's opening section. The article reports descriptively that "a shade above 70 percent in 2008 now stands at 93 percent"; no test or effect size is printed.

"Achievement is up since the district transitioned to PBL . The graduation rate that was a shade above 70 percent in 2008 now stands at 93 percent . At Winterboro, that rate was 100 percent by the end of the 2018–19 school year ."

Discussion¶

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