As we addressed in our previous blog post, conducting evaluations of your technology initiatives is critical to make sure that you’re on target to meet your goals. Evaluations also form the basis of a cycle of continuous improvement – allowing your team to shift strategies and resources as needed, and realign initiatives to better a changing environment. In this post, we’ll dig deeper into how you can use your evaluation data to drive a successful continuous improvement process.

The goal of any technology initiative is to improve student learning. Teachers and administrators at all levels (state, local, school) devote time and allocate funding for technology implementation in an effort to enhance teaching and learning for all students. But how do you know when it’s working?

Successful technology implementation does not happen overnight. The key to success starts with the planning process to identify where you are and where you want to go to accomplish your technology goals. This process is critical and requires a plan that clearly articulates a vision, short- and long-term goals, action steps to reach these goals, and progress evaluation which allows you to make adjustments to achieve your stated outcomes.

How can assessment improve both teaching and learning?

A critical goal of student assessment is to improve teaching and learning. Beyond offering ways to collect and analyze data, educational technology can play an important role in enhancing and transforming teaching and learning. Technology-assisted assessment brings us a step further towards realizing a valuable tool for next generation student assessment.