U.S. Department of Education International Experiences with Technology in Education Project Bob Kozma Marianne Bakia Bob Murphy SRI International

Proposed Research Questions  What international ICT indicators are currently being collected?  What are limitations of these data?  What progress has been made in measuring ICT impacts on teachers, instruction, and learning?  What policies and systems are in place to guide effective ICT investments?  What set of indicators will be most informative for policy and feasible to collect on ongoing basis?  What partnerships and data collection methods will be required to make possible an annual compendium?

Identify and Analyze Current Indicators  Review a variety of international instruments that include ICT indicators (Jan 09-: PISA SITES, PIRLS, TIMSS EC Eurydice UNESCO APEC survey  Work with international experts to analyze indicators and identify high-priority ones related to US policy concerns: Improving student learning through enhanced instruction Increasing teacher capacity to teach Data systems to support continuous improvement  Identify gaps and needed indicators.  Examine countries on the international indicators they currently collect.

Survey of Ministries of Education  Work with international experts to select countries (24 highest productivity countries)  survey of Ministry staff (Sept 09-Feb 10)  Follow-up phone interviews  Document analysis:  Planning processes  Funding mechanisms  Monitoring practices  Country-specific indicators (past, ongoing, planned)  Update country specific ICT profiles of a subset of countries for in-depth qualitative study

Final Report (March-Aug 2010)  Synthesize findings from analysis of current indicators and survey of Ministerial staff  Country profiles  Recommendations for annual compendium