In today's era of high stakes accountability and with the recent economic downturn, educators across the country are expected to demonstrate a "return" on technology investments. That translates into a need for an educational technology strategy that gets results - in the form of higher student performance.
Profiling Educational Technology Integration, or PETI, includes a framework aligned to No Child Left Behind, Title II D (NCLB IID), as well as a suite of tools designed to assist states, districts, schools, and researchers in profiling their progress with technology over time, documenting both readiness and effective use.
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SETDA's Profiling Educational Technology Integration (PETI): Free Resources for Assessing Readiness and Use
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is pleased to announce the release of Profiling Educational Technology Integration (PETI): Resources for Assessing Readiness and Use, available free to all stakeholders including states, districts, schools, and other organizations, to utilize to assess the integration of technology. SETDA's PETI represents the consensus and work of state directors from over 30 states and is designed to assist states in implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and evaluating the effectiveness of educational technology in all educational environments.
SETDA developed the framework, instruments, and protocols in conjunction with the Metiri Group with support from the U.S. Department of Education. The instruments and protocols have been validated through extensive pilots in five states and have been examined through a peer review process. The tools available in PETI include:
* Framework for assessing educational technology
* NCLB Matrix - linking the questions, indicators, and questions to NCLB goals
* Instruments - District, Building (Administrator and Teacher), and Classroom Observation Tools
* Methodologies and Protocols
* Sample Reports
* Corporate Matrix - listing the organizations and corporations that provided information on how they could implement PETI
Several states, including California, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, have already begun to utilize the components of PETI by aligning surveys with the framework and participating in the pilot of the instruments.
To access PETI, please visit http://setda-peti.org
----- Nancy Movall School Improvement & Instructional Technology Consultant Prairie Lakes AEA 8 / Storm Lake Regional Office 824 Flindt Drive, Suite 105 Storm Lake, IA 50588 866-503-4636 (IA) 712-732-2257 x52
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." ~ Nelson Mandela
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