U.S. schools not making the grade when it comes to education technology Here’s a bit of disappointing but not-so-surprising news: according to a new report from the nonprofit think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), U.S. schools aren’t doing enough to enable technology in the classroom to live up to its potential. Not only are students across the country frequently using technology for basic skills (for example, middle school students are mostly using computers for drills and practice exercises, not data analysis or other activities that really take advantage of computing power and sophisticated software), schools aren’t looking at the returns on their technology-related investments. The CAP also found that students from high-poverty areas were less likely to get access to rigorous science and technology learning opportunities. “In this analysis, it quickly became clear to us that many schools and districts have not taken full advantage of the ways that technology can be used to dramatically improve education-delivery systems,” the report said.
May 22, 2013 Are Schools Getting a Big Enough Bang for Their Education Technology Buck? SOURCE: AP/Elise Amendola A student unpacks a new iPad at Burlington High School in Burlington, Massachusetts. By Ulrich Boser | June 14, 2013 PRINT: SHARE: Download the report: PDFRead it in your browser: Scribd Endnotes and citations, as well as an appendix, are available in the PDF version of this issue brief. Whether it’s a mom-and-pop coffee shop, a Fortune 500 firm, or a health care nonprofit, well-run organizations employ technology as a way to improve their performance. Educators, however, generally do not take this approach to technology. Because of a growing debate concerning spending on education technology, CAP decided to look closely at the issue of how students used technology and the return that educators were getting on their technology investment. Among our findings are the following: Students often use technology for basic skills.We found, for instance, that more than a third of middle school math students regularly used a computer for drill and practice. Recommendations
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