An exploration of the behavior of higher education institutions in adopting innovative information technology solutions before they have proven utility. Six constructs were used to explore patterns of adoption. A unique quantitative instrument examined 20 IT innovations through six constructs (diffusion, infusion, alignment, recruitment, advocacy, and differentiation quadrants). Key findings indicate that (a) institutions are diffusing more technology than can be infused, (b) technologies are not all well aligned with the goal of providing students with a clear (learning) advantage, (c)...
An exploration of the behavior of higher education institutions in adopting innovative information technology solutions before they have proven utilit...
The book's goal is to clarify for parents, the public, and policy makers what high stakes tests are and how their use affects our schools, children, and society. It explores the various uses, limitations, and paradoxical consequences of high stakes testing. The present context of testing and the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind make the proposed book timely and important. Current testing programs provide valuable information to teachers, parents, and policy-makers about students, schools, and school systems. But paradoxically, these programs have unintended yet predictable negative...
The book's goal is to clarify for parents, the public, and policy makers what high stakes tests are and how their use affects our schools, children, a...
The book's goal is to clarify for parents, the public, and policy makers what high stakes tests are and how their use affects our schools, children, and society. It explores the various uses, limitations, and paradoxical consequences of high stakes testing. The present context of testing and the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind make the proposed book timely and important. Current testing programs provide valuable information to teachers, parents, and policy-makers about students, schools, and school systems. But paradoxically, these programs have unintended yet predictable negative...
The book's goal is to clarify for parents, the public, and policy makers what high stakes tests are and how their use affects our schools, children, a...
Michael Russell (1781-1848) has combined the constitution, the antiquities, the religion, the literature, and even the statistics of, the Hebrews combined with the narrative of their rise and fall in the sacred land bestowed upon their fathers in writing Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. An excerpt from the Introduction reads, "The history of Palestine, prior to the Fall of Jerusalem, rests upon the authority of the inspired writers, or of those annalists, such as Josephus and Tacitus, who flourished at the period of the events which they describe. The...
Michael Russell (1781-1848) has combined the constitution, the antiquities, the religion, the literature, and even the statistics of, the Hebrews comb...