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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.
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 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 January 2002 Steve Gardner	Forecasting and Managing Student Achievement on High-Stakes Tests To help educators continually forecast and manage student achievement on high-stakes tests, NCS Learn has introduced its High Stakes Management solution; its VP of marketing presents this overview...
T.H.E. Journal June 2001 Keith Oelrich	Virtual Schools A 21st-century strategy for teacher professional development...
T.H.E. Journal October 2001 Lea Ann Lockard	Collaborative Technology Planning The impact of technology plans on students' and teachers' learning...
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 October 2005 Chris Rother	Teachers Talk Tech The Teachers Talk Tech survey exposes a growing problem: Cash-strapped schools must choose between using computers as administrative or instructional tools.
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 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 2006 Rick Gaisford	Utah: In Mint Condition Using intensive professional development and technology-powered strategies, Utah's eMINTS program is polishing up the performance of students in high-poverty schools across the state.
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Kay Woodfield	Getting On Board With Online Testing Like most technology being adopted in education, computerized testing has the potential to improve individual student learning. That was Idaho's goal when it selected a new Internet-enabled state test in spring 2002.
T.H.E. Journal December 10, 2009 Bridget McCrea	5 K-12 Technology Trends for 2010 These tech trends include greater use of ebook readers, interactive whiteboards, personal devices in the classroom, and more.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Middle Schools : Strike Up the Bandwidth Are districts suitably prepared for the ever-increasing need for faster connectivity in our schools?
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 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 Faye P. Taylor	Education Technology Helps Unite School Communities, Improve Academic Achievement The landmark No Child Left Behind Act has spurred the adoption of innovative education technology and Internet-based programs into classrooms nationwide.
T.H.E. Journal April 2006 Jacob Milner	Tablet PCs: The Write Approach Move over, laptops. As 1-to-1 computing becomes the goal on K-12 campuses, school districts are turning to this newer, pen-based technology.
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 July 2004 Manchester, Muir & Moulton	Technology Integration: Maine Learns' Maine is the first state to make real implementation of one-to-one computing through the Maine Learning Technology Initiative by having the provision of a laptop computer for every public school student and teacher in grades 7-12.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Jana Nichols	Data-Driven Decision-Making: Swimming in a Sea of Data Meridian Charter High School searches for a Student Information Management Solution to improve student learning.
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 April 2004 June Ahn	Electronic Portfolios: Blending Technology, Accountability & Assessment Many educators struggle to discover the proper assessment strategies for students. Portfolio-based assessment and, more recently, the electronic portfolio have been seen as an alternative to standardized tests. Includes a list of e-portfolio resource websites.
T.H.E. Journal December 3, 2009 Bridget McCrea	Keeping on Task in a Digital Environment It doesn't take much to disrupt an entire high school classroom and get a student off task, particularly when that student is using a desktop or laptop computer to finish a lesson.
T.H.E. Journal May 2002 Colleen Brandao	Teaching online: Harnessing Technology's Power at Florida Virtual School With modest beginnings in 1996, FLVS has evolved from an instructional experiment based on distance learning to a successful mainstream educational alternative serving the students of Florida and beyond...
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.
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 November 2003 Annamaria DiGiorgio	Florida School Participates in Tablet PC Pilot Program The versatile tablet PC made its way into the hands and backpacks of seventh-graders at Ocoee Middle School in Orange County, Fla., this fall in a first-ever pilot program designed to test the effectiveness of the tablet PC combined with a Web-based curriculum.
T.H.E. Journal June 2006 Victor Rivero	Teaching with Technology: The Secrets of Their Success Foremost leaders in education technology provide five lessons on using today's tools to engage students, recharge teachers, and in some cases, change the world.
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.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Michael Golden	Leadership & Advocacy: Technology's Potential, Promise for Enhancing Student Learning Ultimately, the challenge is about helping all stakeholders use technology to transform the culture of education to enhance student performance.
T.H.E. Journal November 2003 Barton & Collura	Catalyst for Change Bishop Hartley becomes the first U.S. high school to furnish an entire class with Tablet PCs.
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 Susan Amirian	Putting Tablet PCs to the Test A look at how three different table PCs faired in the classroom: HP Compaq TC1100... ViewSonic V1250S... Motion Computing's M1400...
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 October 29, 2009 David Nagel	Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Anita Givens	Technology Integration: Meeting the Technology Integration Challenge in Texas Schools Deep in the heart of Texas classrooms, students use digital technology to access, analyze and evaluate information; solve problems; and communicate with diverse audiences.
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 November 2005 Jacob Milner	Warming Up To Wireless As wireless technology takes hold in school districts, the biggest challenge is getting teachers to embrace it, to take student learning to a new level.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Bill Pflaum	A Second Look at the Nature of Technology in the Classroom Research gathered from visiting schools nationwide reveals that while investing in computer-based instruction and assessment programs can improve student learning, an engaged teacher is still far more invaluable in driving student success.
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 February 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	1-to-1 Computing :: A Measure of Success The first rounds of data are in, and districts are evaluating the impact of their 1-to-1 programs. With the results showing a revolution in teaching and learning, the task now is to find ways to keep the funding alive.
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 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 February 2002 Kevin T. McNulty	Fostering the Student-Centered Classroom Online There are many ways to maximize use of the Internet to benefit student instruction. On my classroom Web site I publish tutorials to assist with classroom instruction, and students use the site as a launchpad to research information...
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Kathleen Webb	Decision-Support System Helps Utah Improve Its Student Achievement The Utah State Office of Education use Profiling Educational Technology Integration to advance technology programs and improve student achievement.
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010	Bill Gates' School Crusade Bill Gates' foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom.
Fast Company April 2000 Sara Terry	Schools That Think Everyone agrees: Education is essential for the future of the new economy. Everyone agrees: The public education system needs reform. No one agrees on how to do it. Here are four models for the future.
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Sylvia Charp	Assessment and Accountability The No Child Left Behind Act requires the inclusion of all students in state assessment programs, and holds students and educators accountable for performance relative to state standards. However, a number of challenges still need to be addressed.
T.H.E. Journal February 2006	Assessment Testing >> In Their Hands Handheld devices empower teachers with assessment data they can put to immediate use.