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Assessing Student Performance in a Technology-Infused Environment

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Integrating Technology with Standards

Technology Enhanced Instructional Units

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As technology use becomes increasingly interwoven in lessons and instructional units, it becomes increasingly difficult to measure student progress using traditional tools such as objective tests. Rubrics, portfolios, and other assessment tools for project-based learning or real-world problems are more appropriate for use. Visit the Technology Skills Assessment: Standards and Rubrics page of this site to learn more about assessing student performance.

Resources

	Collaborative Evaluation Led by Local Educators
	This resource supports an interactive collaborative process within a school or district that engages a team of educators in assessing the effectiveness of a local program or initiative. The Guide presents five evaluation states: 1.Gathering Together and Planning 2. Preparing to Collect Data 3. Collecting Your Data 4. Making Sense of Your Findings 5. Making Improvements

NETS Online Technology Assessment

The NETS Online Technology Assessment helps teachers measure student skills in using software applications and helps measure student progress toward meeting the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS•S). Each assessment consists of 5 to 10 activities measuring a number of separate skills as well as integrated sets of skills related to a project or problem. The assessments are designed to be completed within an average of 30 minutes or less, but they are not timed. Individual activities can be repeated, and the assessments can be retaken as many times as needed. Feedback on student performance is provided after each question, and a summary is given at the end.