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Many software options are available to teachers, schools, and districts looking for electronic assistance with grading, record keeping, and reporting. Because there are so many alternatives, decision makers will benefit from carefully considering issues about the purpose of the software, the feasibility of implementing the software, features offered by the software, and services offered by the vendor. The following questions offer guidance for teachers, schools, or districts considering software adoption. These questions are geared toward software for a district or school using standards in the classroom.
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Purpose |
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What do we want software to help us accomplish?
Do we want…
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- software that will perform calculations and provide statistics about student achievement?
- a stand-alone grade book for individual teacher use?
- software that will help us track student progress on standards for the entire district?
- software to develop lesson plans and link them to standards-based topics?
- software to link scores to standards-based topics?
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What value will this software add to our classrooms?
Who will benefit: |
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- Students?
- Teachers?
- Parents?
- Administrators?
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How will these stakeholders benefit?
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Feasibility |
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Do we have the resources and support to successfully adopt the software?
Do we have… |
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- financial support, including money for initial investment, maintenance, upgrades, training?
- “buy-in” from teachers, students, parents, administrators?
- time for training, installing, and implementing the software?
- technical support staff?
- board support?
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