By Catherine Candisky, The Columbus Dispatch
The Ohio Department of Education is teaming up with Massachusetts’ education agency to develop the online “instructional improvement system” as part of their federal Race to the Top grants, state officials announced yesterday. “It has never been more important for educators to use modern technology to give students customized learning options based upon real data about their needs,” said Michael Sawyers, acting superintendent of public instruction. “Creating a statewide instructional-improvement system is truly the beginning of a new era in Ohio education.” The system will help teachers fine-tune and individualize instruction by providing them with online access to: academic curriculum, standards and lesson plans; quick and easy-to-use tests to determine students’ progress and where they need help; data analysis; and a portfolio of all students’ work.
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