Featured Products

enGauge^® Framework and Online Assessment (2001, ongoing)
EnGauge is a Web-based framework that helps schools and districts plan and evaluate their systemwide use of educational technology. Developed by NCREL with the Metiri Group, enGauge provides a comprehensive view of critical factors that strongly influence the effectiveness of educational technology. It provides online assessments to help schools and districts gauge their progress with learning technology and develop an informed plan of action. It also presents information on the effective uses of technology to advance student learning and the educational system conditions required to use technology effectively. (Audience: K-12 administrators, technology coordinators, education policymakers, K-12 teachers, education researchers)

Templates, Forms, Interactive Tools, and Guidebooks

Scoring Guide for Student Products (2001)
This Web tool helps teachers evaluate student products that are created with technology. It focuses on the student's content knowledge and effective technology use. (Audience: K-12 teachers)

Planning for D3T (Data-Driven Decisions About Technology) CD-ROM (2000)
Planning for Data-Driven Decisions About Technology, also known as Planning for D3T, will help school improvement teams generate a comprehensive technology evaluation plan. In addition, this CD-ROM can be used by administrators for allocating resources and by technology and curriculum coordinators involved in technology infusion. This thought-provoking resource asks school improvement teams to evaluate technology from three perspectives: the systemic organization, the teaching practice, and student learning.

Supplemental Resources

Technology Standards for School Administrators (2001)
The Collaborative for Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA Collaborative) has developed and documented a national consensus on what Prekindergarten-12 administrators should know about and be able to do to optimize the benefits of technology use in schools. This consensus was released by the TSSA Collaborative in November 2001 as Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA). The North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC), a founding member of the collaborative, makes the TSSA available in a Web version and a PDF version. (Audience: K-12 administrators, education policymakers)