| The jury is still out on the correlation between technology-assisted instruction and student achievement. “Research on the application of computers for developing higher-order thinking skills, problem-solving, group work, and hands-on learning activities, however, is less extensive and less conclusive.... The kinds of software available and its quality, the way computer instruction is integrated into curriculum to reflect state content standards, and the effectiveness of teachers in using what is available are largely unknown, in terms of national data. It is not just a matter of hardware and connections to the Internet; it is also the kinds of assignments that students are asked to do.”
Even so, Parsing the Achievement Gap limited its measures to issues around equity in access.
WAYS TO MEASURE
- Percentage of students in schools with computers available in classrooms
- Percentage of students in schools with computers with Internet in the classroom
- Percentage of students assigned research using the Internet
All by ethnicity/income.
WHAT THE DATA SHOWS
Not addressed due to time constraints.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Saint Paul Public Schools Technology Plan
May 2006 - Technology Counts 2006, Education Week.
December 22, 2005 - Minnesota State Plan for Technology in K-12 Education; 2005-2008, Minnesota Department of Education.
December 2001 - The Minneapolis Digital Divide, Humphrey Institute.
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