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Article: Assessment and technology--allies in educational reform: an overview of issues for counselors and educators.
- Article from:
- Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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Because technology is more prevalent and accessible for use in assessment, this article highlights what counselors and educators need to know when considering the use of computers and the Internet for that purpose. The article concludes with some predictions on how technology might influence assessment and accountability in the future.
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We, as educators, are living in an age of data-based educational reform. Data are driving decisions about the degree to which state and district standards are being achieved, what is taught in the classroom, the performance of school personnel and students, and which educational and counseling programs seem to ...