Report: Schools Making Slow, Steady Technological Progress

Educational institutions in K-12 and higher ed are making slow but steady progress toward instructional and operational goals, including improved use of individual student data, through use of technology, according to a new report from the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA).

Key findings of the report include:

• Nearly 70 percent of respondents at most educational levels reported that technology to report, manage and collect student data has increased in the last two years;
• The most common use of data at all levels reported by respondents was to track student performance, ranging from 75-81 percent and the second most commonly reported use, from 70-72 percent, was to improve instruction;
• The least common use of student data, according to respondents, was in support of research to improve instruction or curriculum;
• K-12 and higher ed respondents also agreed that increased training in data systems use is the most effective way to support the increased use of individual student data, though K-12 survey takers were more likely to say so, at just above 60 percent, than their higher ed peers, at about 50 percent; and
• Respondents at all levels appear fairly comfortable with current data security, with only 23 percent or less saying that data security or privacy need to be improved to make better use of the information.

Link for the Report | http://www.siia.net/Portals/0/pdf/Education/Visionk20/SIIA%20Vision%20K-20%20Survey%20Executive%20Summary%20V1.pdf

Source | http://www.siia.net/