Gauging Educational Progress through Effective Uses of Technology
A Systems Approach:
Essential Conditions
- State Policies that Promote Effective Technology Use: A snapshot in time of the current policies, practices, and support structures at the state level related to technology and learning
- Impact on Student Learning: The documented impact of technology use on student learning related to a state's learning goals
Vision
Impact 2: Assurance that students acquire 21st century skills through effective technology use in the context of high standards and high-quality learning
Conditions, Practices, and Policies:
Impact
The Assessment Framework is based on a larger set of questions that provide important data for tracking states' progress with technology and learning, as well as on components of NCLB, Title II, Part D. For a full set of key questions in the three areas (Student Impact, Local Conditions and Practices, and State Policies and Practices) see Appendix B.
An Assessment Framework for Educational Technology
The intent of this framework is to assist states in tracking their progress in using technology to achieve student performance goals (as identified in their state learning standards). This framework builds that case by tracking a state's progress in establishing school, district, and state conditions essential to effective technology use; documenting current practice; and correlating such conditions and practices with changes in student performances. The "Technology Assessment Data Subset" links located at the bottom of each key question section includes indicators and elements that correlate to goals and purposes within NCLB. The "Comprehensive Elements List" links to a broader set of indicators that will not only help to track the progress of NCLB, but will allow for national comparison among states and facilitate state policy decisions and internal assessments.
- Conditions Essential to Effective Technology Use: A snapshot in time of the current policies, practices, and support structures in schools and districts related to technology and learning
This framework is grounded in a vision of higher student performance through effective technology use:
Vision
Impact 1: Improvement of academic achievement through effective technology use
Impact 3:Engagement of students in learning through effective technology use
Classroom, School/District, and State
To reach this vision, conditions and practices are measured across five critical areas at three levels. View a printer-friendly version of this matrix.
Impact reviews are then conducted across a range of technology uses - under various conditions - and correlated to conditions/practices to inform future decision-making related to educational technology:
Impact Studies/Analysis
What impact - under what conditions - has the effective use of technology had on student learning?
