TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS… WORTH THE GRADE?

Presented by:

Lisa Woodbury

AGENDAAGENDA

Teacher Professional DevelopmentTeacher Professional Development

A. Minimum of ten hours of training

B. Trained teacher’s students outscore untrained

C. Learn to integrate to be successful

D. Likely to require student usage

E. 10% of new teachers feel unprepared

F. Math scores increase

30%

70%

Budget for Professional DevelopmentBudget for Professional Development

INTEGRATION INTO THE CURRICULMINTEGRATION INTO THE CURRICULM

LAPTOP PROGRAM ENHANCES ACHIEVEMENTLAPTOP PROGRAM ENHANCES ACHIEVEMENT

Why it started?

Searching for innovative programs

Harvest Park Middle School formed a partnership with tech business

Why it started?

Searching for innovative programs

Harvest Park Middle School formed a partnership with tech business

Sources of Data Collected During Study:GPA’send-of-course gradeswriting assessmentstandardized norm-reference testCalifornia standards test

Sources of Data Collected During Study:GPA’send-of-course gradeswriting assessmentstandardized norm-reference testCalifornia standards test

Hard Data From Laptop ProgramHard Data From Laptop Program

Grade Laptop Non-Laptop

6 3.50 3.13

7 3.28 2.94

8 3.23 3.07

2003–04 Cumulative Grade Point Averages by Grade2003–04 Cumulative Grade Point Averages by Grade

Hard Data From Laptop ProgramHard Data From Laptop ProgramEnd-of-Course Letter Grade

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8Laptop Non-Laptop Laptop Non-Laptop Laptop Non-Laptop

English Language Arts

A 50% 38% 39% 23% 36% 39%

B 42% 32% 45% 33% 54% 40%

C 7% 21% 11% 28% 10% 17%

D 1% 6% 3% 9% 0% 3%

F 0% 3% 2% 7% 0% 1%

Mathematics

A 40% 33% 37% 30% 24% 23%

B 41% 31% 38% 32% 36% 29%

C 14% 20% 18% 21% 20% 28%

D 2% 6% 5% 8% 20% 11%

F 3% 10% 2% 9% 0% 9%

Total Language

Total Math

Grade 6Laptop 88% 96%

Non-Laptop 78% 83%

Grade 7Laptop 86% 83%

Non-Laptop 76% 76%

Grade 8Laptop 89% 83%

Non-Laptop 77% 77%

Hard Data From Laptop ProgramHard Data From Laptop Program

2004 STAR Norm-Referenced Test Results by Grade: Percent of Students Scoring At or Above National Average (50th Percentile)

Positive Results of Best PracticesPositive Results of Best Practices

Computer ResourcesComputer Resources

High densityMore access1:5 ratio

High densityMore access1:5 ratio

Hardware/SoftwareHardware/Software