Technology+Facilitator+Standard+IV+Reflection

Technology Facilitator Standard IV, Assessment and Evaluation is an important standard in the educational world of accountability. Williamson and Reddish (2009) state that technology facilitators “forecast the potential impact of emerging technologies on educational practice, read professional literature, and study best-practice examples of technology-assessment and evaluation (Williamson and Reddish, 2009, p. 88).They report that technology facilitators have an important role in utilizing assessment data to drive instruction, computer based testing for formative and summative assessment, and benchmarking student progress for high stakes testing. They also emphasize the responsibility for technology facilitators engagement in assessing student technology literacy. In the second course, Leadership for Accountability, I was introduced to understanding and interpreting available assessment data. By analyzing data for Abilene High School, determining the strengths and weaknesses, and creating a staff development activity to address revealed needs, I became familiar with using available data to make a difference in teaching and learning, there for e impacting student scores. By working with district and campus staff, I have learned to drill down into data for specific teaching and learning activities to improve student achievement. I was able to participate in addressing benchmarking in the district through grade level meetings. In the meetings. we worked with teachers to explain and hear responses to the curriculum management system, c-scope regarding the impact on student learning. We also discussed and explained district benchmarking procedures including how the tests are developed and how they are to be used to improve student achievement. I saw a combination of teacher resistance and teacher buy-in. Some of the resistance was diminished as teachers saw how benchmarking is a tool to help students instead of a tool for evaluating teachers. Assessment and evaluation is an area that needs more personal attention and school-wide attention for the evaluation of student and teacher technology literacy. In developing my new curriculum, I have been designing authentic assessments of technology skills in problem-based learning. Students demonstrate their technology skills by working collaborative to use technology to produce products for the world of professional communications. ** Reference  ** Williamson, J, & Redish, T. (2009). //Iste's technology facilitation and leadership standards: what every k-12 leader should know and be able to do//. Washington, DC: International Society for Technology in Education.