Technology is an ever changing element in all areas of life including education. It affects students, educators, administrators and the communities we live in. How do we find out where we stand? We use assessments. Whitney ISD uses several types of assessments.
The students take surveys to assess their knowledge and a test is given to evaluate hands on skills. This evaluation is given in the 8th grade to see if they are mastering the 4 domains: foundations, acquisition of information, work, and communication which are set forth in the Student Technology Applications Standards.
As we saw in the video, Texas Teacher STaR Chart, many of us experienced teacher have completed the Texas Teacher STaR Chart each year. It is given online and covers questions that are aligned with state and district goal. It gauges the educator’s progress on integrating technology into their classroom.
The district or administrators must complete the Texas Campus STaR Chart to evaluate the districts progress toward the Whitney ISD Technology Plan and it must be filed with all state funded Technology grants.
Whitney is a 2A school and is a small community and most the major businesses and key community leaders work cooperatively with the school. They give us their opinions on the skills they need in the business and what they would expect from the future workforce we provide them with.
There are pros and cons to the assessment of all the parties involved. We have goals set for us by the national and state government. How will we know if we have met those goals if we don’t do assessments and surveys? As stated in the video for Texas Campus STaR Chart these assessments must be kept as proof that the assessment was done and the Campus STaR Chart must be filed with all grant applications. However, as a teacher it seems that we are constantly tested for one thing or the other and when are we supposed to teach.
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