The requirement to accurately measure the impact of
educational technology has become more critical then
ever before as a result of the economic commitment to
educational technology, the pressure for greater
accountability as well as the rapid rate of
technological change. This study investigated the
STAR-W program, which facilitated computer assisted
instruction, to determine the grants impact on the
Language Arts Literacy portion of statewide
assessment. Prior to this investigation, the
usefulness of the STAR-W grant, in terms of
achievement test scores, was essentially unknown.
There was a...