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Framework
Development
The surveys and site review guides are based
on the Common Data Elements developed by the SETDA Common Data Elements
committee. The committee was charged with developing instruments and methods
for tracking state progress on the technology-related goals of the No
Child Left Behind Act. The specific data elements were vetted at the 2002
and 2003 National Leadership Institutes. The Common Data Elements were
built with reference to prior national frameworks and standards in education
technology, including but not limited to the NCREL enGauge framework,
Seven Dimensions for Gauging Progress, and the ISTE NETS and NETS-T standards.
The framework is available at http://www.setda.org/NLItoolkit/cde/index.htm.
From the framework, Metiri Group and the Common Data Elements committee
developed a set of key questions,
now available at http://www.setda.org/NLItoolkit/cde/cde05.htm.
For example, under the area of “Effective Practice in Teaching and
Learning with Technology,” two of the key questions are “C1-1:
How and with what frequency are students using technology to advance academic
achievement?” and “C1-2: Are teachers/schools adopting technology
uses systematically?” These are guiding questions for which the
tools seek answers, but are not themselves survey items.
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