Adjusting to Test Takers

Computer-adaptive testing addresses individual student needs, but cost and logistical challenges persist.
• Feds Reject Utah Application for NCLB Waivers (November 17, 2008, Education Week)

Schools Enlisting Defense Industry To Boost STEM

Educators see benefits in having access to technologies developed for the military long before they reach the commercial market. Video (November 6, 2008, Education Week)

Digital Education: Mapping Innovation

"The uneven quality of first-generation digital learning sometimes leaves an impression more of hokum than of transformation. But the second generation will not," says Andy Hoffman. (November 17, 2008, Education Week)

Scholars Discuss 'Disruptive Innovation' in K-12 Education

Experts say shifts in other industries foreshadow similar changes that are likely to happen in education. (October 28, 2008, Education Week)

Institute to Study Connections Between Computer Gaming, STEM Learning

Microsoft Research and a consortium of universities and education organizations have launched a research institute to investigate the connections between gaming and learning. (October 28, 2008, Digital Directions)

Math Study Evaluates Digital Aids

University of Louisville researchers are exploring how print textbooks can be converted to digital versions to help students with “print disabilities,” a term for various learning, visual, and physical issues that interfere with reading. (October 20, 2008, Education Week)

States Press Ahead on '21st-Century Skills'

States are trying to revamp education to meet mounting demands that students possess not only academic skills, but also intellectual, social, and life skills needed to excel in college and the workplace. (October 13, 2008, Education Week)

Scholars Diverge in Assessing the Intellect of ‘Digital Kids’

Two experts debate whether digital overload has made today’s students stupid, or, alternatively, given them an intellectual edge. (September 30, 2008, Education Week)