Reading & Technology

greater student engagement

These multiple strategies engage students in learning through the opportunity to express their opinions, argue points of view, and share ideas.

Podcasts offer the ability to: reinforce concepts studied in class for both auditory and visual learners.reinforce writing and reading skills as students prepare their own podcast scripts. increase parent communication.conduct alternative assessments of students, beyond the traditional tests and reports. provide another teaching and learning strategy for helping students be successful in the subject they are studying.

Overall, 66 percent of Chesterfield students exceeded their expected subtest scores in reading on the Measures of Academic Progress assessment, and 48 percent exceeded their normative growth expectation in math. Even an improvement in behavior is credited to STEP. There were 361 disciplinary incidents in the Chesterfield district during the project year, whereas 823 incidents were recorded a year earlier.

We believe that the laptop technology served to enhance student motivation, resulting in a more productive learning environment."

Among the school's seventh-graders, the pass rate on the reading portion of the TAKS rose from 62 percent to 75 percent, and on math from 51 percent to 65 percent.