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T.H.E. Journal
February 2007 |
Texas District Uses Web-Based Assessment Solutions To Target Instruction Standards-based formative assessment and computer-adaptive diagnostic testing provide educators with data to address student needs.   |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2008
Christine Fox |
Elementary Schools : The Time Is Now Early diagnosis of academic deficits is pivotal to keeping students from falling irretrievably behind. Formative assessment technology gives teachers the tools to respond. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2006
Neal Starkman |
Formative Assessment: Building a Better Student By testing academic performance at regular intervals, formative assessment strategies regard every child as a work in progress. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2006 |
Assessment Testing >> In Their Hands Handheld devices empower teachers with assessment data they can put to immediate use. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2002 |
Polk Co. Schools Rely on Florida-Specific Assessment Tool to Develop Individual Learning Paths A unique assessment program in a large Florida school district has proven that a vision, commitment, comprehensive assessment and instructional technology strategy can yield dramatic gains in student achievement scores. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2006
Mary Ann Wolf |
Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 15, 2009
David Nagel |
Blackboard, Desire2Learn End Dispute Blackboard and Desire2Learn have formally ended their three-and-a-half-year legal dispute, a conflict that was triggered when Blackboard received a hotly disputed patent for electronic learning technologies. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2005
Patricia Renzulli |
Testing the Limits of One-Stop Data Access The School District of Philadelphia relies on its comprehensive technology solution to make informed teaching decisions. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2009 |
T.H.E. News Update :: April 1, 2009 Schools Pilot USC-Built Math Game Platform... Oklahoma District Adopts Online Student Information System... Penn State Expands Professional Development Program for School Nurses... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2005 |
Achievement and Performance Series Scantron Corp. has recently integrated its Web-based Achievement and Performance Series products to form a complete solution that will help educators easily manage their benchmark tests, as well as their summative and formative assessments. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Jeff Weinstock |
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Mission Accomplished Two districts, one goal: to use data to drive decision-making. Both have achieved breakthroughs, discovering new ways to draw insights from student performance, and then step in to better it. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 20, 2010
Scott Aronowitz |
Video Game Prepares Texas District for State Test Austin Independent School District in Texas is expanding the use of the DimensionM educational video games to seven middle schools and 15 charter schools. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2008 |
LS Test Builder by Learning Station Learning Station LS Test Builderprovides an intuitive online environment for educators to create, deliver, and assess standards-based formative practice tests to help students prepare for state-mandated assessments. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 27, 2010 |
A Tool for Its Time A new functionality has so transformed learning management systems that their manufacturers prefer the term digital learning platform, to better reflect their products' capacity to do a great deal more than manage a classroom. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 1, 2010
Paul Tullis |
An 'A' in Abstractions In Tucson's Catalina Foothills School District, educators and administrators have decided to go all in on 21st century skills, and in so doing have revamped every subject area from K through 12. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2004
Abrutyn & Crego |
Leadership & Advocacy: Penn-Delco School District Reaches Its Goals by Holding Fast to Technology Vi In a time when No Child Left Behind demands an increase in student achievement, but funds for technology are scarce, leadership is crucial to using technology wisely. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2000 |
Students Practice Test Taking via the Internet The PLATO Simulated Test System, a Web-based assessment tool, integrates skill assessments and practice tests, which emulate state standards. This tool can be linked directly to individual student instruction... |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2004
Creg E. Williams |
School District of Philadelphia Uses Web-Based System to Increase Student Achievement The evidence clearly showed that our high schools were in need of innovative solutions to improve the foundation for student success. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2004 |
Edusoft Version 2.7 This redesigned user interface for the Web-based assessment platform helps school districts, teachers and parents track student performance across three kinds of tests: state exams, district benchmarks and classroom tests. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2006 |
District-Vendor Partnerships Private School Strives for 1-to-1 Tablet PC Environment... ETS, Taskstream Deliver Online PD Management System... Kansas Offers Educators Online Test-Creation Tool... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 10, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
South Dakota Mandates Statewide Testing in 21st Century Skills The South Dakota Department of Education has chosen the skills assessment program offered by Learning.com to judge student proficiency in a number of areas, most of them related to skills in Internet usage and widely-used software applications. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005
Leslie A. Pulliam |
The Quest for Quality Instructional Data The most successful school districts are embracing the philosophy that accurate data plays a critical role in driving instruction and making informed decisions. But there is still much more to learn. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2004 |
Renaissance Place Renaissance Learning's Web-based learning information system gives teachers, principals and administrators easy access to the information needed to monitor progress, personalize instruction and ensure adequate yearly rogress. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005
Geoffry Fletcher |
Assessing Technology Integration We need a significant overall change in education - especially in curriculum and instruction - and technology can be the catalyst for this change. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2008 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships ILC Registration Now Open... Brookes and Get Integrate Products... Berger Joins Math/Science Commission... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2006
Michelle Gamble-Risley |
Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP Data-driven strategies and personalized instruction are paving the way to higher test scores, one student at a time. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2007 |
VantagePoint by Turning Technologies Turning Technologies is adding to its line of assessment products with the recent acquisition of Totus and the company's web-based data assessment software, which will be released as VantagePoint |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005
Malbert S. Smith III |
Improving Student Achievement by Measuring Ability, Not Content Standard measurement scales used as an assessment tool for student ability would ensure consistency throughout the country. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2001
Matthew Miller |
Focus on Assessment Tools Exciting new assessment tools benefit both students and educators. These tools are making teaching simpler and more rewarding for instructors, because they can now concentrate more on their students' education and not on creating documents... |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Rama Ramaswami |
Artificial Intelligence: Is the Future Now For A.I.? The feds' reliance on standardized testing excludes the use of artificial intelligence, so school districts are forging ahead with the technology to power their own formative assessments. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2006
Justine Brown |
Mobile Assessment: Working Smarter, Not Harder With new assessment technology providing instant feedback on their students, once-skeptical teachers now have no desire to return to the way things were. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2000
Gary West |
Technology Tools to Make Educational Accountability Work The South Carolina Education Accountability Act of 1998 (EAA) establishes new standards for student performance. There is little doubt that such standards are needed as our state attempts to move up the ladder toward excellence... |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004
Cathryn Harvey |
Special Education Solutions in the Age of NCLB While an individualized approach to connecting assessment with instruction is helping mainstream students succeed, there have not been solutions that special education teachers can adopt in helping with the issues surrounding standardized testing. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000
Jim Schneider |
Focus on Administration and Assessment Software for educational administration and assessment. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2005 |
Ed Tech Community Supports Katrina Victims Several education companies such as Kinetic Books and Learning Today are providing free technology resources to students who were displaced by two recent hurricanes. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 15, 2010
David Nagel |
Obama's ESEA Blueprint Continues Emphasis on Assessment President Obama has released his new "Blueprint" for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, calling for the transformation of American K-12 education into a "world-class" system. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2007
Anita Givens |
Systemic School Reform :: Texas Texas' TIP program packages six key technology resources to create a digitally rich environment that has helped turn at least one low-performing school into a recognized success. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2003
Laurence Peters |
Testing Time: The Need for a New Focus On Technology and Results Instead of waiting for what could prove to be a very long time for a "30,000-foot level" analysis examining technology approaches in education, why not look at which technology interventions are working in the present, for whom and why? |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2004 |
Data-Driven Decision-Making The hurdles of implementing successful processes for data management and analysis, online assessment, and capacity building with data-driven decision-making at a state level are numerous and sometimes daunting. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2003
Sylvia Charp |
Assessment and Accountability Assessment and accountability are not new to educators, but they have been brought to the forefront as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires states to conduct annual mathematics and reading tests in grades 3-8. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2005 |
Differentiated Instruction Is the Cornerstone of Updated netTrekker Just in time for the new school year, Thinkronize will release an updated version of its netTrekker academic search engine. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2007 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Contest Winners 'Amazed' by New Classroom Projectors... Charp Honoree Gets Ticket to NECC... Online Language Arts Course Introduced... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2002
Sloane O'Neal |
The Impact of ESEA's Scientifically Based Research Requirement on Schools' Technology Solutions This requirement, that districts implement products and programs founded on scientifically based research, is one of the bill's greatest strengths. When coupled with effective professional development, these educational solutions represent an overwhelmingly positive move. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2008 |
THE Journal's 2008 Innovators :: 2 A daylong event is dedicated to introducing new technologies and sharing classroom success stories.... Math students benefit from TI technology and improved instructional practices... A system manages scheduling and grading for a schoolwide peer tutoring program... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2008 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Microsoft Research and NYU set out to find hard proof of the efficacy of gaming in education... The winners of their Young Scientist Challenge are announced... To help schools keep up with fluctuating E-Rate deadlines, Funds for Learning is offering a free online E-Rate calendar... |
National Defense
June 2008
Alan L. Gropman |
Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2003
Wayne Moore |
Facts and Assumptions of Assessment: Technology, The Missing Link The infusion of technology in schools has opened the door for opportunities to challenge governing bodies to use the technology to provide student assessment that will measure their abilities for connecting knowledge learned with real-world applications. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2004 |
MathFacts in a Flash MathFacts in a Flash is a software program that addresses assessment and instruction with more than 40 levels of different math skills. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2, 2009
David Nagel |
Are Schools Preparing Students for 21st Century Learning? While more than half of America's school principal's say they are doing a good job preparing students for the 21st century, only a third of parents of middle school and high school students agree. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 1, 2010
Vanessa Hua |
Scare Tactics In April, as public fears about a mysterious new strain of flu grew, the Los Angeles Unified School District moved to forestall a panic. Many districts are using technology solutions to respond to emergencies such as this. |
