[LogoForum] Standardized tests show no benefit to laptops
Daniel Ajoy
Students in the public middle schools of Portland, ME, have had their
own
laptops for the last two years. But critics of the program have added
fodder now that those students have not experienced an increase in test
scores.
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Standardized tests show no benefit to laptops
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine.
Middle school students who used laptop computers for two years performed
about the same on a standardized test as students in the past without
the
technology at their hands.
Critics of laptops say the scores are the first real evidence the
program,
which has cost the state more than $15 million, is an expensive fad.
Proponents say it is too early to expect dramatic changes in test
scores.
Rep. Glenn Cummings, D-Portland, co-chairman of the Legislature's
education committee, said his own classroom observations convinced him
that laptops are an effective teaching tool, especially for struggling
students. He also said teachers are still learning how to integrate the
new technology.
"I am surprised we did not see a larger leap. But we are still on the
leading edges of that learning curve," he said.
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Read more: <http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D84CDF7G0-222.shtml>
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Mike Doyle (Mícheál Ó Dúill)
of a
computer to emulate paper and pencil would not be expected to improve
scores. There are no standardised test for things the computer can do
well
because such are not in the school curriculum, i.e. the curriculum is
pre-computer and so are the tests.
Mike
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