Can the Technology Model Schools program be replicated?
Yes. This analysis supports five recommendations about practice improvement.

1: Use learning technology to improve student achievement.
This is the second large-scale, multi-year study, in West Virginia, to document that state policies and practices, consistently applied, do improve student achievement. West Virginia demonstrates the conditions necessary to school improvement with technology.

2: Apply a critical mass of a proven model of professional development.
The state created a cadre of classroom teachers and trained them in skills relevant to the state's other classroom teachers. Those Technology Integration Specialists worked (1) on-site, (2) in classrooms and (3) on-demand.
 

3: Calibrate expectations and strategies by curriculum topics.
Although learning-related technology can improve several subject matters, the relationship is neither even nor well understood. Educators seeking to apply technology should remain sensitive to likely modifications by subject matter and by level of schooling.

4: Use technology to measure technology.
This study demonstrates the feasibility of going beyond self-report and retrospective data. The West Virginia example demonstrates that it is possible for cost-effective evaluation research to inform practice. .

5: Use evaluation results to improve practice.
The West Virginia Department of Education has been refining its technology support policies for more than a decade. The successive improvements in the Technology Model Schools program and the state's general policies and practices demonstrate the value of data-driven decision-making.