About the Interactive STaR Chart
Welcome to the CEO Forum’s Interactive School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart, a self-assessment tool designed to provide schools with the information they need to better integrate technology into their educational process. Here, you can complete an online, multiple-choice questionnaire that will provide you with instant feedback on how well your school is doing in this process.
The STaR Chart identifies and defines four school profiles ranging from the "Early Tech" school with little or no technology to the "Target Tech" school that provides a model for the integration and innovative use of education technology. The STaR Chart is not intended to be a measure of any particular school’s technology and readiness, but rather to serve a benchmark against which every school can assess and track its own progress.
Download PDF versions of STaR Chart and STaR Report
How the STaR Chart Can Help
The STaR Chart can help any school or community answer three critical questions:
- Is your school using technology effectively to ensure the best possible teaching and learning?
- What is your school’s current education technology profile?
- What areas should your school focus on to improve its level of technology integration?
How the STaR Chart is Being Used
Here are some of the ways the STaR Chart is being used to help schools:
- Setting benchmarks and goals
. Schools, districts and states have used the STaR Chart to identify current education technology profiles, establish goals, and monitor progress.
- Applying for grants
. The STaR Chart has helped schools and school districts identify their education technology needs as they apply for grants.
- Determining funding priorities
. Education administrators and policymakers have used the STaR Chart to determine where to allocated funds.
- Creating individualized assessment tools
. Education administrators and policymakers have used the STaR Chart as the basis for state-wide technology assessments.
Three Steps to Using the Interactive STaR Chart
Integrating technology into the process of teaching and learning is complicated. It involves many essential elements such as the hardware and software present, the content available, the level of teacher professional development, and the degree of integration and use. In three easy steps, the Interactive STaR Chart can help determine where your school is today and where you want it to be tomorrow:
Step 1: Answer the following series of multiple choice questions.
Step 2: Print your STaR Assessment.
Step 3: Use your findings to work with staff, administrators, technology directors, school board members, and community leaders to develop a strategic plan for improving the integration of technology in your school.
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