Digital Wake-Up Call: Could On-line Assessments Spur Districts to Take the One-to-One Leap?

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/scholastic/administrator_2012latefall/#/12

This is a link to an article in the Scholastic Administra​tor called Digital Wake-Up Call:  Could On-line Assessments Spur Districts to Take the One-to-One Leap? By Erich Strom  The article is on page 10.  It discusses the scores of students who took the writing portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).  Their scores were much better than those who are not using technology for writing assignments regularly. 

In short, it's more evidence and research to support the facts.  We need to give our students the skills they need to take them into the 21st century.  Not just for use while they are in school, but to take them into the career choices they will make in the future. As the article states, the on-line assessments are just a "wake-up call".  What we decide to do with it is up to each individual district.  In my 25 years at McBain, it's been my experience that we like to be ahead of the curve.