Smoothing the Transition to Online Testing for Students with Limited Technology Skills Michigan Technology Readiness Infrastructure Grant June 2019
The Big Picture School tech readiness precedes student tech readiness. Schools cannot teach technology skills if they do not have the technology.
TRIG Intended Purpose To empower every student in 1. Develop and implement Michigan to excel at next collaborative purchasing generation assessments, to arrangements leverage technology for 2. Establish sustainable, cost-effective learning, and to achieve collaborations of technology and lifetime success in a global data-related services economy 3. Build the school and district capacity for online assessments and “Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, Any Pace” learning
Funding • $160 million over 4 years • Data, devices, and starting collaborations • Estimated leverage: +$300 million
Collaboration • All projects run by regional consortiums • It is not “the state’s program” • It is a state-funded local and regional collaboration • Set up forums for communication and collaboration, participate but do not control (example: tech coordinators listserv) https://www.gomaisa.org/organizations/michigan-collaboration-hub-mi-ch/
Activities • MTRAx (readiness measurement) • Device Purchasing (statewide bid) • Strategic Readiness Support • Targeted Site Transformation In the interest of time, we are • State Education Network going to talk about only the • E-Rate first half of these. • Data Integration For far more detail: • Data Services Collaborative • http://22itrig.org/ • EduPaths (classroom readiness) • http://www.techplan.org/te • MI Open Book chnology-readiness/
MTRAx • Online tool to measure readiness • Enter your school’s hardware and software, outputs a score for instructional and assessment readiness • Measuring where we are, where we have needs • Good data when required; hard to maintain without carrot/stick • New, better versions of program https://mtrax.org/
Device Purchasing (“SPOT Bid”) • Statewide RFP • One statewide request for hardware and software prices that any school in the state can use • $27 million in incentive funds • Better prices through bulk buying • Better data through known purchases • Sustained through 1% administrative fee https://www.remcsave.org/
Strategic Readiness Support • Now that we know all this about schools’ readiness, who needs help? • Reserved pool of funds for high need • Extra attention from state and regional technical support • Regional technology visits with vendor support, “tiger teams” – help getting configured for online testing
Targeted Site Transformation • Reserved pool of funds to help a small number of schools go to 1:1 devices • Develop best practices to share around the state • Sustaining best practice guidance and professional development, no money to keep funding 1:1 purchases
State Education Network • Enhance the fiber backbone across the state • Connect it to every intermediate school district • Deliver better bandwidth and reliability • Save money through bulk buying
E-Rate • Leverage federal funds • Identify localities that are missing out on potential funds • Provide state bureaucrat support on grant requests • Permanent E-Rate consultant position at the Michigan Department of Education, quarterly committee meetings
What should we have done more of? • Promoting local training • Digital literacy for teachers • Intentional use of technology You probably have 20 great ideas we could insert here. Hold onto those for Q&A time and discussing what you did in your state that worked well.
If You Remember Only Three Things… • Technology costs money • Collaboration saves money • State support can provide a foundation for local success
Contact Us Piétro Semifero , Online Assessment Manager Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability Michigan Department of Education SemiferoP@Michigan.gov Dave Cairy , Director of Operations Michigan Collaboration Hub DCairy@gomasa.org
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