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Article: NAEP gets it one-third right: a new federally authorized test of students' technology literacy has little in sync with the tech curriculum schools are teaching.(our SPACE)(National Assessment of Educational Progress)
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- T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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WATCH OUT, tech directors. A train wreck is coming your way and you're sure to receive some collateral damage.
The mishap will result from a US Department of Education mandate that states must report "the percentage of students who meet state technology standards by the end of the eighth grade," according to guidelines the department issued in July, and a test the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP; http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard) is putting together to measure tech literacy. The problem? Namely, this:
With no established federal definition of technological literacy, most states have chosen to follow the National Educational ...