State Educational Technology Directors Association
To Support Convenings And Research To Reduce The Cost Of Assessments
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Amount$200,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/22/2010
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Term18.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
SETDA works collectively and in partnership with the federal government and national organizations and serves as a forum for inter-state collaboration and cooperation on a range of issues, including the identification and sharing of research and best practices, the establishment of public-private partnerships, state-federal relations and advocacy, and professional development for state educational technology directors and other state education agency staff. In addition, SETDA undertakes ad hoc projects of national significance to advance issues of core concern to the membership. This grant will support a series of convenings and reports that bring together State Education Technology Directors, State Assessment Directors and members of the federal assessment consortia to analyze and address cost and capability issues related to state technology infrastructure in support of the new large scale federal assessment programs.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.setda.org
Address
P.O. Box 10, Glen Burnie, MD, 21060, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The State Educational Technology Directors Association is an organization composed of member states and school districts that work to build and increase the capacity of school leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice. The association will continue to advance the OER movement and institutionalize it in K–12 education, emphasizing the role of the states, including state education agencies, by raising awareness and providing technical assistance. This work will promote mainstream adoption of OER in K–12 and build leadership capacity for OER at state and national levels.
for the Smarter Balanced Digital Library
State Educational Technology Directors Association is a public charity devoted to assisting states in strategic planning for using educational technology to improve learning. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is a collaboration of states developing an assessment system designed to measure the full depth and breadth of the Common Core State Standards. This grant would enable SBAC to help teachers better utilize the Smarter Balanced Digital Library to incorporate the Common Core standards into their instruction, and to evaluate, in real-time during instruction, the degree to which students are mastering the content.
for awareness building and technical assistance in support of K-12 OER implementations
With this grant, the State Educational Technology Directors Association would continue to advance the OER movement and institutionalize it in K-12 education, emphasizing the role of the states and state education agencies. By raising awareness and providing technical assistance, the organization will help states transform their policies to integrate digital resources and OER into their systems and processes.
