Date of Study:

1998

Basis of Study:

Technology Counts '98 approaches the issue of technology's effectiveness from three directions:

• First, the report examines technology's impact on test scores and school climate through an analysis of how students performed on the mathematics exam from the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress.
• Next, from the most recent national and state-by-state data on technology access, capacity, and use, the report presents 10 case studies of schools that are using technology to foster goals of the education reform movement. The case studies come from every part of the country and include a range of technologies, from computers to video equipment to voice-messaging systems.
• The third section of the report offers nine policies that states should follow to make the best use of education technology, along with summaries of the states' activities in each area.

Conclusions:

All of the programs studied offer promising examples of how technology can advance the cause of reform.

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