Unique assessment issues

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I think a number of tough and unique issues are facing evaluators today --
in many ways it seems that they are between a rock and a hard place. A few
come to mind...

	-there are significant  pressure on evaluators and educators to 
quantify the effects of using technology in the classroom. 

	-the real need is to evaluate not the technology but its 
contribution to the learning environment for the teacher and the student.

	-we want to understand the impact of technology but in fact the 
bigger issue is how the teacher uses this resource to enhance the 
students' learning experience

	-how do we evolve our evaluation criteria and assessment 
strategies to reflect where we want to go in education vs. continuing to 
evaluate the traditional factors that forward looking educators are 
trying to change or even eliminate?

	-quantifying that "improved learning experience" is a real
challenge -- there are benefits we want to assess that we haven't
traditionally evaluated such as students feel increased control over their
learning process and students perceiving their learning to be more
relevant etc. 

Laurie Maak

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