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Implementing and Assessing Student Achievement of the NETS-S: A Georgia Statewide

Project

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Georgia Statewide 21st Century Skills Assessment Rationale

• Federal mandate:– The portion of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act known as

'Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001' (E2T2) has a goal: To assist every student in crossing the digital divide by ensuring that every student is technologically literate by the time the student finishes the eighth grade, regardless of the student's race, ethnicity, gender, family income, geographic location, or disability.

– Report annually to US ED• Number of Georgia 8th grade students• Number of Georgia 8th grade students technology literate• Number of Georgia 8th grade student not technology literate

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Georgia Statewide 21st Century Skills Assessment Rationale

• Title II, Part D program accountability and evaluation: approximately $50,000,000.00 over the past three years

• FY2008…..$8,253,341 Teachers, Teamwork, and Technology: T3

• FY2009…..$8,249,574 Digital Resources-mathematics grades 6-9

• FY2010…..$8,973,280 Engaging AP Students Through Mobile Handheld Computing

• ARRA…..$22,044,403 21st Century STEM Labs, eTextbooks, Blended Learning Opportunities, Increasing Student Achievement

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Georgia Statewide 21st Century Skills Assessment Rationale

• Prepare Georgia for the administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2014 Technology and Engineering Literacy Assessment– Accurate accounting of how well Georgia’s students are

performing now– Use results to determine, curriculum, instruction,

integration, and implementation support needs

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Georgia Statewide 21st Century Skills Assessment Rationale

• Improved reporting– Current Georgia Technology Literacy Assessment methods are self-

selected and self-reported by LEAs and/or schools• Coursework• Vendor products• OAS• Other

– Statewide common assessment method will provide quality information• performance-based• criterion-referenced• psychometrically validated

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The following slides reflect current 8th grade technology literacy reporting practice that illustrates the need to move to a

statewide common assessment of student 21st century skills.

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Georgia OAS46.6%

Vendor Provided - Learning.com6.2%

Vendor Provided- SimpleK124.1%

School/Dis-trict devel-

oped as-sessment

14.0%

Course Work/Grade14.8%

Various other as-sessment

tools3.7%

Did not assess10.7%

2009 Georgia Technology Literacy Assessment Methods

GaETC 2010: Explore – Engage – EmpowerSample of 2009 LEA 8th Grade Technology Literacy Reported to GaDOE

System Method of Assessment % of 8th Graders that Achieved Mastery/Competency

% of 8th Graders Assessed

School A Technology Course Completion 100% 100%

School B Technology Course Completion 99% 60%

School C Vendor provided technology literacy assessment (learning.com)

76% 93%

School D District created or OAS 70% 21%

School E District Created Assessment 69% 7%

School F OAS 54% 67%

School G OAS 45% 67%

School H Vendor provided technology literacy assessment (Simple K12)

42% 75%

School I OAS 41% 86%

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Georgia OAS

TLA/21st Century Skills - Learning.com

SimpleK12 (InfoSource Learning)

School/District developed assessment

Course Work/Grade

Various other assessment tools

58.1%

74.7%

35.0%

81.3%

96.6%

68.7%

2009 LEA 8th Grade Technology Literate % by Assessment Method

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The following slides are sample reports

provided by the proposed

21st Century Skills Assessment.

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21st Century Skills Assessment Sample Report

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T3 Science Math Digital Resources 7 Math Digital Resources 6 Math Digital Resources HS T3 Math HS Math Digital Resources 8 ITEE HS Math

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0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

17%

10% 10%

4%

0%

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0%

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5%

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-3%

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14%

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% gain state % gain Title IID eligible non-awarded % gain Title IID

Percent gain on CRCT or GHSGT

Investment per student

$146.00

$192.00 $192.00 $192.00$657.00 $146.00 $3.43

School Improvement: Return OnInvestment (ROI) of EdTech Funds

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Contact Information

Kathy PlattAssociate Superintendent for Instructional Technology

1966 Twin Towers East205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE

Atlanta, GA 30334kplatt@doe.k12.ga.us

Ryan Berens, rberens@doe.k12.ga.us

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