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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 April 2007 Linda L. Briggs	Business Intelligence :: Magnum B.I. Using powerful business intelligence tools, two districts are drilling down to the finer points of student data, where the most revealing insights lie.
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Hofer, Chamberlin & Scot	Fulfilling the Need for a Technology Integration Specialist A look at the current role of a school-based technology coordinator.
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 July 2007 Cathy J. Poplin	Professional Development :: Arizona In Arizona, one-and-done workshops are a thing of the past, replaced by ongoing professional development that enables teachers to use classroom technology to full effect.
T.H.E. Journal May 1, 2010 Vanessa Hua	A Strategy Worth Watching The Excellence in Teaching Project discards frivolous checklists in favor of a purposeful online, observation-based process of assessing teachers' performance.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical.
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 Christine Fox	More Than Machines Comprehensive technology integration programs go beyond laptop initiatives to provide teachers with the support they need to improve student engagement and achievement.
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010	2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go.
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 2007 Mary Ann Wolf	Systemic School Reform :: A Guiding Hand A systemic approach to school reform demands leaders with vision, who understand how every step of their efforts fits together to support teachers and benefit students.
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Nodine & Petrides	ISKME Special Series Part 4: Using Data to Improve Instruction Connecting the dots: how to use data to get from districtwide goal-setting to school-level performance.
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012	Raising Their Game When done right professional development can make a real difference for students.
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 December 2007 Matt Bolch	Custom-Built Curriculum Districts are abandoning textbooks and instead picking and choosing their own instructional materials that more closely align to new academic standards.
T.H.E. Journal February 25, 2010 Bridget McCrea	Bolstering Support for High Needs Students with Technology For teachers in the Thunder Bay (Ontario) Catholic School District, it's not a question of if they will get the chance to teach an autistic or "high-needs" student. It's a matter of when it will happen.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Gloria Bush	Logging on to Staff Development Enhancing your teachers' knowledge and use of educational technology through online professional development.
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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.
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T.H.E. Journal July 2008 David L. Silvernail	Middle Schools : Maine : Laptops for All Since its launch, the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) has provided all of the state's middle school students, and their teachers, with laptop computers.
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 August 2005 Carole Eaton	Sparking a Revolution in Teaching and Learning How one of Ohio's lowest-performing elementary schools used technology to raise its third-grade reading test scores by a whopping 124 percent.
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.
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T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Chris Rother	Evaluating Technology's Role in the Classroom Teachers are using computers more than ever before for everything from instruction to handling administrative chores and communicating with parents.
T.H.E. Journal April 2006 Lisa A. Petrides	ISKME Special Series Part 3: Using Data to Improve Instruction Are you using the right tests? The correct assessment methods? The best technology? These are only a few of the issues that must be addressed in the effort to use data to change teacher practice.
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser	Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers.
T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Matt Villano	Five on Five: A Dialogue on Profession Development A quintet of educators gathers to sound off on what works and what doesn't in the ongoing mission to train teachers to use technology in classroom instruction.
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Joel Shore	Profile :: Carla Wade Whether working at the classroom or state level, the former science teacher has shown a passion for teaching educators the most effective ways to integrate technology.
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon	Resistance is Futile Even as technology use grows embedded in education, some teachers still prefer the old ways.
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.
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T.H.E. Journal January 28, 2010 Bridget McCrea	By the Book: Exploring One School's Success with a Technology-Based Reading Program The Web-based Lexia Reading includes three different levels (early reading, primary reading, and strategies for older students) and is designed to help students acquire and improve foundational reading skills.
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010	Bill Gates' School Crusade Bill Gates' foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Christine Fox	Professional Development :: From Technophobes to Tech Believers High-quality professional development can turn the most reluctant teachers into enthusiastic users of classroom technology. It's key to any effort to reform the way students are taught and data is collected.
T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard	Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers.
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski	Up Close and Virtual By adding web-based offerings to traditional in-person sessions, school districts can continue to provide support to teachers when face-to-face visits aren't possible.
T.H.E. Journal January 2009	Flourish by Ablenet Ablenet now offers Flourish software to help teachers and administrators collect and analyze data for tracking and managing the progress of special education students.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Knudson & Cantrell	A New Competitive Grant Model for Nevada The Nevada Department of Education uses a comprehensive program to measure the benefit to students of a technology package (computer, LCD projector, internet access and web-based instruction) delivered to teachers. Some results were exciting and not expected.
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T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Manchester, Mao & Puentedura	Systemic School Reform :: Maine The MLTI prides itself on securing funding for ed tech, providing teacher training that meets specific schools' needs, and building learning communities.
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 John K. Waters	How Geek Became Chic With budgets and staff stretched thin, schools are turning tech-savvy students into technology leaders and a popular, important source of IT support.
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T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	A Sobering Survey A look at new data on how colleges of education are using technology, courtesy of a recent Project Tomorrow survey of preservice teachers' views on technology use.