Formative, a student learning and analytics platform, raises $70M to challenge the summative, test-based approach to education – TechCrunch

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Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing field where everyone has the same exam to take. Some, however, believe that system is flawed, and today a startup that’s…

Formative, a student learning and analytics platform, raises $70M to challenge the summative, test-based approach to education – TechCrunch

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Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing field where everyone has the same exam to take. Some, however, believe that system is flawed, and today a startup that’s…

Silicon Labs releases IoT hardware and sofware for Wirepas Massive mesh networks

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Austin-based chip-maker Silicon Labs has released a hardware and software solution for large-scale mesh networks based on the Wirepas Massive protocol. It has partnered with Finnish IoT connectivity company Wirepas on the release, which covers an expansion of its existing EFR32BG21 (BG21) and EFR32BG22 (BG22) modules and SoCs. The low-power Wirepas Massive (formerly Wirepas Mesh)…