| Teacher Dispositions As Predictors Of Classroom Technology Use (PDF) |  |
| A research study showing the effects of teacher attributes and attitudes on technology use in the classroom |  |
| Sample Teacher Focus Group Questions (PDF) | |
| A set of sample focus group questions for teachers, to be used in a technology evaluation. | |
| Classroom Observations: Digital Data In The Palm Of Your Hand | |
| Discusses traditional tools for collecting classroom data, and how a handheld computer can facilitate this activity. | |
| Teaching With Student Response Systems In Elementary And Secondary Education Settings: A Survey Study (PDF) | |
| This study examined how 498 elementary and secondary educators use student response systems in their instruction. The teachers all completed an online questionnaire designed to learn about their goals for using response systems, the instructional strategies they employ when using the system, and the perceived effects of response systems. | |
| Maximize Your Mining: Part Two | |
| An article (part 2 of 2) that challenges schools to move beyond a focus on improving the performance of 'bubble students' towards an approach that uses data to focus on each individual student's needs. | |
| Technology In Schools: Suggestions, Tools, And Guidelines For Assessing Technology In Elementary And Secondary Education (PDF) | |
| A report developed by the National Center for Educational Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education and the Technology in Schools Task Force to facilitate the assessment of technology used to support education. | |
| Learning Facts (PDF) | |
| In just the last ten years, goaded by broad and still unsettled cultural shifts, education practices have changed dramatically. Schools are no longer just recording and analyzing inputs -- dollars spent, number of days of instruction, numbers of students per teacher -- but pushing their data-gathering and analysis efforts into the brave new world of outcomes. Who is dropping out and why? Which students are reading at grade level, and which are not? How are 4th graders doing on fractions and decimals? Today's educators are deciphering, and using, the results of student assessments better than ever. And it is not a reform at the margins. This article from the Winter 2007 issue of Education Next takes a close look at three schools that have integrated data into their instructional decision making: Evelyn S. Thompson Elementary School in Aldine, Texas; Feaster-Edison Elementary School in Chula Vista, California; and Elm City College Preparatory School in New Haven, Connecticut. Each has concluded that the practice has helped improve student achievement. | |
| National Educational Technology Standards For Students: The Next Generation (PDF) | |
| ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards for Students. The standards describe what students should know and be able to do to learn effectively in a digital world. | |
| NETS For Students: Profiles For Technology Literate Students (PDF) | |
| Profiles of technology literate students for grades preK-12, developed by ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards project. | |
| Policy Brief: Is A Laptop Initiative In Your Future? (PDF) | |
| A report that discusses the results of several evaluations of one to one initiatives. The report details the benefits of one to one initiatives and outlines key components to success. | |
| 'Dashboards' Provide Data Designed To Help Parents Rate School Performance | |
| U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has unveiled a new tool to show the public a snapshot of how schools fare in reading and math achievement, graduation rates and participation in challenging Advanced Placement exams. | |