Technology Readiness Tool

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Wed, 05/29/2013 - 1:16pm

ET News: Tech Readiness Tool Error on Device Meeting Recommended Requirements Report (29 May 2013)

Last week an issue was discovered with the Technology Readiness Tool’s “Device Indicators” report regarding recommended system specifications.  This report provides a school, district or state with the percentage of school devices that meet the recommended system specifications for the Smarter Balanced assessments.  As you know, the reports can be generated for both minimum and recommended requirements.  The report regarding the minimum specifications is correct and does not have an issue.  Meeting 

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Wed, 05/01/2013 - 12:00pm

ET News: Tech Readiness Tool Submission Update (1 May 2013)

AS of May 1, we have 241 schools reporting their data is submitted and completed in the Technology Readiness Tool.  That represents 50% of schools/SAUs.  The graph below reports the percentage complete for all SAUs as of April 15.

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However, the graph below gives important data on those 241 schools who have submitted their data as complete.  Only 8 schools have answered all the survey questions, and the overwhelming number of questions left blank was 15! 

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Tue, 04/09/2013 - 12:43pm

ET News: Tech Readiness Tool Update (9 April 2013)

The Technology Readiness Tool has deployed the following changes to the system.

1.       URL to the login page has been added to the create and reset password emails.

2.       A disclaimer has been added to the Device Indicators, Device to Test-Taker Indicators, and Network Indicators reports.

3.       The Legend on the reports no longer shows a gray box for the TBD indicator.

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Wed, 01/30/2013 - 4:04pm

ET News: Correction on this mornings update on TechReadiness Tool (30 January 2013)

Sorry for the duplicate email. Upon inspection and some notes from our friends in the field, I find I made two errors in this mornings update.  I will apologize and correct them now.

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Wed, 01/30/2013 - 10:04am

ET News: Update on the Tech Readiness Tool Use ( 30 January 2013)

New Hampshire currently has 41% of schools reporting that their data is 100% submitted.

The tool also shows that every school has missing data.  The minimum missing data is just a single question.  However, many school are missing as many as 15 questions.  In order for the tool to work properly, it is extremely important that all the survey questions, in both the device and school surveys are collected and input into the system.

The tool is still open to editing even though your data is submitted. 

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Wed, 01/09/2013 - 11:27am

ET News: Tech Readiness Tool Updates (8 January 2013)

On January 14th, several enhancements will be introduced to the Technology Readiness Tool. The following list is a high-level overview of the changes. For a detailed description of each change, you may refer to the last posting of ET News, or access them on the Assess4Ed.net site in the NH Group resources area.

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Mon, 01/07/2013 - 12:00pm

Teach Readiness Tool Enhancements - Questions, Answers, Issues, Solutions

Please post your questions, answers, issues, and solutions in this forum.  We would love to hear about your successes and frustrations with the enhancements in the tool.  Together, our collective intelligence can resolve all our issues, and make us better at managing our data and using the tool.

 

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Mon, 01/07/2013 - 11:53am

ET News: Enhancements Announced for Tech Readiness Tool (7 January 2013)

On January 14th, the Technology Readiness Tool will display new enhancements.  Here is a summary of the enhancements/changes to the tool. 

Note: 

In some cases, functionality will be the same, but accessed from different points in the tool.

In some cases, input variable parameters may change and will have to be updated in your data to be accurate with your information.  New choices are available, or a new variable for old choices.

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application/pdf iconDownloadable pdf of the enhancements to be open in the tool on January 14th.
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Wed, 12/19/2012 - 9:53am

Managing Existing Device Data

Managing Existing Device Data

Directions for the management of existing deives in the tool have been uploaded into our NH Resources section.  They are designed  for schools that have already input device data in the Technology Readiness Tool system and would like to edit data fields based on the updated January 14th Device Data Layout. Users can update device data when system modifications are implemented.

There are two ways to complete device information:

1.     Manually enter data through the user interface.

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Wed, 12/19/2012 - 9:51am

Managing Existing Device Data

Managing Existing Device Data

This file is also available for download as a Word document.

These directions are designed  for schools that have already input device data in the Technology Readiness Tool system and would like to edit data fields based on the updated January 14th Device Data Layout. Users can update device data when system modifications are implemented..

There are two ways to complete device information:

1.     Manually enter data through the user interface.

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application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document iconmanaging_existing_device_data_finaldraft.docx
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