New Directions in the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Educational Technology - The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology discusses recent changes in evaluation practices and evaluations for new visions of technology teaching and learning.

Learning with Technology Profile Tool - This profile tool will help you to compare your current instructional practices with a set of indicators for engaged learning and high-performance technology.

Network for the Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies - Includes several links related to evaluation standards and web design.

Technology Foundation Standards for Students - Provides technology standards and sample activities for various grade levels, PreK-12.

Criteria for Evaluating School-Based Distance Education Programs - General discussion of issues related to evaluating distance learning.

Situated Evaluation - Contains links to research and evaluation studies done within the situated evaluation framework.

The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM): A Model for Change in Individuals - A stage model that applies to anyone experiencing change--policy makers, teachers, parents, students

Situated Evaluation - Contains links to research and evaluation studies done within the situated evaluation framework.

CTB/McGraw-Hill - Publisher of standardized achievement tests and custom assessments including TerraNova, Fox in a Box, SUPERA, LAS, TABE, TestMate, NEDT, CDRT, CDMT, etc. The mission is to help the teacher help the child.

Technology's Role in the Classroom - Nobody believes it's the quick fix for America's K-12 ills. An interview with Linda Roberts, Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. She discusses how we can measure whether technology can enhance student learning.

Instructional Technology in Georgia Schools - An in-depth study of how technology has affected instruction and learning in schools in Georgia.

Emerging from the Smog: Making Technology Assessment Work for Schools - This article from "From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal" discusses the importance of evaluating technology in schools.

Technology Counts '98 - A report that includes the following: research on technology's impact on test scores and school climate; 10 case studies related to technology and the education reform movement; policies that states should follow; and data on access, capacity, and use. In collaboration with the Milken Exchange on Education Technology.

1999 Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology - Details of the conference, including white papers.

Evaluating Interactive Multimedia - Shauna McKenna's paper for the Open Learning Institute on evaluating the materials used in computer based learning and evaluating the learning itself.

Evaluation of Online Learning - Online resources on the evaluation of online learning and the results of such evaluations. Part of a larger site on building a web-based education system."

User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation: - National Science Foundation guide to program evaluation; includes video.

International Journal of Educational Technology - An online journal published twice a year and co-sponsored by the University of Illinois and the University of Western Australia. The journal contains research and evaluation articles in the area of computer-based educational technologies and is aimed at an international audience.

Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching - An online periodical dedicated to the effectiveness and interest of learning and teaching science subjects with the use of IT (especially various multimedia and Internet resources) in schools.

Education and Information Technologies - The official journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education.

Technology and Learning Magazine - The May 1998 issue discusses some of the problems with creating authentic assessment tools.

Milken Exchange on Education Technology - A summary of different studies and reports relating to the evaluation of educational technologies.

When Will Investments In Educational Technology Pay Off? - As technology grows more incredible, available, inexpensive, and connected, there is no consistent picture emerging that these remarkable tools do in fact improve learning. Jon Madian has been a consultant and writer on educational technology for nearly two decades. He founded a leading journal on technology and curriculum and has authored hundreds of software programs and articles.

Assessment - Evaluation - Discussion of assessment and tools for evaluation of on-line learning.

A Step Towards the Creation of Educational Technology Standards: Identifying Key Skills - This article examines the process of identifying learning standards for educational and instructional technology programs.

Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program Evaluation - This site contains excellent rubrics that can be used to evaluate any short- or long-term technology program

Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms - This guide was developed for the U.S. Department of Education. The guide is a tool for individuals with little formal training in research or evaluation. The handbook provides educators with a resource that enables greater involvement in the evaluation process, learning as they go.

Challenges for the Evaluation of New Information and Communication Technologies - Reprint article which considers various aspects of issues related to technology evaluation, access, and literacy learning.

Journal of Research on Computing in Education - A quarterly print journal published by the International Society for Technology in Education. Contains both research and evaluation studies related to educational computing. Abstracts for each article are available in the online version.