Assessing Technology Programs

Assessing Technology Programs

Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdTechGuide/) provides a handbook, complete with forms and sample surveys, for the evaluation of your program. Available in PDF and html formats.

QED's Sample Technology Survey from Louisiana (http://www.qualityeducationdata.com/lapet.htm)

This gives you an idea of the questions that they ask and the types of results available. It may trigger some ideas on your reporting.

Evaluating the success of your program - Microsoft	http://www.microsoft.com/education/k12/roadmap/chap16.asp#evaluating
Assessment Tips from NSBA	http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/assesstps.htm
Technology's Impact on Learning	http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/tiol.html
District Technology Self-Assessment Form from Ian Jukes of the Thornburg Center	http://www.tcpd.org/handouts/jukes/distself.pdf
Technology's Effectiveness in Education	http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/teie.html
Assessing Technology Tools	http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/att.html
Network for the Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies (fee required)	http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/srnet/evnet.htm
Best and Worst Practices	http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/srnet/exsum.htm
Evaluation Standards and Criteria for Technology Implementation	http://www.ncrel.org/tandl/eval1.htm
Common Measures - 80% of parents would like more computers in the classroom	http://www.asbj.com/evs/common.html
Technology's Impact	http://www.electronic-school.com/0997f3.html
Computers and Classrooms: State of Technology	http://www.ets.org/research/pic/compclass.html
Taking Stock: What does Research say?	http://www.techlearning.com/intervie.shtml
The Computer Delusion	http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jul/computer.htm
Online Stages of Concern Questionnaire	http://planet.rtec.org/cbam/
Results of Kansas City Public School Needs Assessments - Provides good ideas of what to ask and how to present the data.	http://www.kckps.k12.ks.us/techplan/1997srvy.html
Assessment and Evaluation of Technology in Schools, a presentation in 1996 by Northwest Regional Educational Lab.	http://www.netc.org/assessment/eval_tech/
EDmin Open Systems: Tech Planning: Technology M…	http://www.edmin.com/tp/tmm.html
EDmin Open Systems: Tech Planning Toolbox	http://www.edmin.com/tp/toolbox.html
Profiler | About Profiler	http://scrtec.org/profiler/about/

Print Materials

Evlauting Technology Integration in the Elementary School: A Step by Step Guide from ISTE (http://www.iste.org)

Taking Stock: Assessing Your Technology Program by Kim Carter appeared in the May 98 issue of Technology & Learning. Good overview of assessment. Has 10 tips for Do-it-yourself Program Assessment by Saul Rockman. I haven't found this on the web yet.

School Technology and Readiness Report: From Pillars to Progress, published by the CEO Forum (http://www.ceoforum.org) in 1997 provides one of the best guides to looking at your technology. Includes the STAR Chart. You can download a copy of the report or take the assessment online. There is an updated report for 1998.

Tools for Change: Restructuring Technology in Our Schools. by Len Scrogan. Available from ISTE (http://www.iste.org/) This notebook provides information and forms ready to use to assess your program.