Aug 10th, 2008
As the result of a quick Twitter back-and-forth, I told @JeffNugent and @mcglaysia that I would write a blog post about the research linking technology integration and student achievement. A couple of points before I get into it: I have been the lead investigator on many (maybe a dozen or so?) studies aimed at examining [...]
Jul 24th, 2008
One of my posts from almost four months ago has been resurrected by comments from Tina K. and Amir. In that post, I suggested I’d do some more digging. So, I dug. Some background…these are NAEP data with tables and statistics generated by the NAEP Data Explorer. The NDE is an awesome (free!) tool for [...]
Mar 25th, 2008
This is what I get for playing around with the NAEP Data Explorer: So, the use percentages are a bit depressing. But, it gets worse…much worse… This is 4th graders, 2007, and, yes…the score for the group of students who report daily or almost daily use of computers at school for math is (statistically significantly) [...]
Feb 15th, 2008
[THIS IS THE SECOND ENTRY IN MY WEEKLY SERIES] I’m not alone in my concerns over the achievement gap and educational equity more generally. I have, however, felt for a while now that among the many articles and reports I’ve read on these matters, the most convincing is this one. Schools, Achievement, and Inequality: A Seasonal [...]