The broad implementation of standards-based accountability presents new opportunities and incentives for data use in education. The increase in data for districts and schools has intensified interest in data-driven decisionmaking at all levels of the education system. Data-driven decisionmaking—systematically collecting and analyzing an array of data, from administrative to achievement—guides...

Web 2.0 tools can provide highly interactive and participatory environments that establish communities, open a myriad of communication channels, and ensure each individual and group a voice. In fact, there is a growing body of evidence that the collaboration inherent in the participatory nature of Web 2.0 tools can be...

Pennsylvania Technology Inventory Metiri facilitates and reports on the results of the largest survey of education technology and 21st Century Skills and learning in the nation, including over 60,000 respondents and individual strategic planning reports to nearly 600 education agencies. Each year teachers, administrators and technology directors within Pennsylvania’s more...

Transforming learning in a one-to-one laptop environment. Intel, Global Education Initiative. Metiri developed the curriculum for a network of sustained professional development, using a train the trainers model involving more than 60 countries. Learn more…...

Assessment matters. Many of the countries that rank as world class on K12 international benchmarking, have instituted comprehensive, balanced assessment and accountability systems that have served as catalysts in their educational transformations into top performers. A closer look reveals that different assessment strategies, at different stages of their trajectory were...