According to the Software & Information Industry Association’s annual Vision K-20 survey, U.S. primary and secondary schools are showing progress in ed-tech implementation, albeit slowly. The survey measures the institutional strength of U.S. schools in five technology areas–ease of access, availability of 21st-century tools, differentiated learning, assessment tools, enterprise support–as well as in several goal areas:
- Meeting the needs of all students
- Supporting accountability and informing instruction
- Deepening learning and motivating students
- Facilitating communication, connectivity, and collaboration
- Managing the education enterprise effectively and economically
- Enabling students to learn from any location at any time
- Nurturing creativity and self-expression
Per the 2010 findings, overall progress for U.S. schools has improved in four of the five areas, but the average increase in scores tracking that progress was less than 1%. Source: THE Journal
