Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework
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According to our surveyed school districts, the use of online assessmentto track students' progress and performance is surprisingly widespread.
HIGHLIGHTS
- ROUGHLY 70% OF DISTRICTS REPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME FORM OF ONLINE ASSESSMENT
- MOST WIDELY USED TYPE OF ONLINE ASSESSMENT IS DISTRICT-MANDATED BENCHMARKS
- COST IS THE STRONGEST INHIBITOR TO EXPANDED ADOPTION OF ONLINE ASSESSMENT
Are you using online assessment in your district?
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What is your district's level of use for each of these types of online assessment?
![Extracurricular](http://download.101com.com/pub/THE/images/0802_extracurricular2.gif)
Which factors inhibit wider adoption of online assessment in your district?
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—Data courtesy of Jeanne Hayes (The Hayes Connection)and Tom Greaves (The Greaves Group).
Read about the full report, "America's Digital Schools 2007: A Five-Year Forecast," at here.
This article originally appeared in the 02/01/2008 issue of THE Journal.