The document discusses Georgia's plans to implement a statewide 21st century skills assessment for 8th grade students. It notes the federal mandate under NCLB for students to be technologically literate by 8th grade. Georgia receives federal funds totaling around $50 million over 3 years for educational technology programs. The statewide assessment aims to accurately measure how well Georgia students are developing 21st century skills, determine curriculum and instruction needs, and improve reporting over the currently self-selected methods. Sample reports are provided that would be generated from the new assessment. The assessment is meant to fulfill accountability requirements and prepare Georgia for a national technology literacy assessment in 2014.

1. Implementing and Assessing Student Achievement of the NETS-S: A Georgia Statewide Project

2. Georgia Statewide 21st Century Skills Assessment Rationale Federal mandate: The portion of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act known as 'Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001' (E2T2) has a goal: To assist every student in crossing the digital divide by ensuring that every student is technologically literate by the time the student finishes the eighth grade, regardless of the student's race, ethnicity, gender, family income, geographic location, or disability. Report annually to US ED Number of Georgia 8th grade students Number of Georgia 8th grade students technology literate Number of Georgia 8th grade student not technology literate

3. Georgia Statewide 21st Century Skills Assessment Rationale Title II, Part D program accountability and evaluation: approximately $50,000,000.00 over the past three years FY2008…..$8,253,341 Teachers, Teamwork, and Technology: T3 FY2009…..$8,249,574 Digital Resources-mathematics grades 6-9 FY2010…..$8,973,280 Engaging AP Students Through Mobile Handheld Computing ARRA…..$22,044,403 21st Century STEM Labs, eTextbooks, Blended Learning Opportunities, Increasing Student Achievement

4. Georgia Statewide 21st Century Skills Assessment Rationale Prepare Georgia for the administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2014 Technology and Engineering Literacy Assessment Accurate accounting of how well Georgia’s students are performing now Use results to determine, curriculum, instruction, integration, and implementation support needs

5. Georgia Statewide 21st Century Skills Assessment Rationale Improved reporting Current Georgia Technology Literacy Assessment methods are self-selected and self-reported by LEAs and/or schools Coursework Vendor products OAS Other Statewide common assessment method will provide quality information performance-based criterion-referenced psychometrically validated

6. The following slides reflect current 8th grade technology literacy reporting practice that illustrates the need to move to a statewide common assessment of student 21st century skills.

10. The following slides are sample reports provided by the proposed 21st Century Skills Assessment.

11. 21st Century Skills Assessment Sample Report 11

12. 21st Century Skills Assessment Sample Report 12

13. 21st Century Skills Assessment Sample Report 13

14. 21st Century Skills Assessment Sample Report 14

15. 21st Century Skills Assessment Sample Report 15

16. School Improvement: Return OnInvestment (ROI) of EdTech Funds $146.00 $192.00 $192.00 $192.00 $657.00 $3.43 $146.00

17. Contact Information Kathy Platt Associate Superintendent for Instructional Technology 1966 Twin Towers East205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SEAtlanta, GA 30334kplatt@doe.k12.ga.us Ryan Berens, rberens@doe.k12.ga.us 11/4/2010 Brad Bryant, State Superintendent of Schools 17