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?
What is your district's level of use for each of these types of online assessment?
Which factors inhibit wider adoption of online assessment in your district?
—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.