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http://www.edweek.org/sreports/tc02/article.cfm?slug=35execsum.h21

E-Defining Education

To appreciate how e-learning is changing the landscape of education, you need only look at the numbers. Already, 12 states have established online high school programs and five others are developing them, 25 states allow for the creation of so-called cyber charter schools, and 32 states have e-learning initiatives under way, according to a new Education Week survey of state technology coordinators ("E-Defining Education: A Survey of State Technology Coordinators"). Meanwhile, the survey shows, 10 states are piloting or planning to administer online testing. Oregon and South Dakota are already using Web-based assessments.... ‘The virtual school movement,’ the WestEd report says, is ‘the 'next wave' in technology-based K-12 education.’ ...


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