How will technology increase student achievement?
The true promise of technology lies in its ability to customize and individualize learning. In Penn-Delco, we have focused on the individual child for many years. The secret to our success has always been to move each child forward; thus, collectively moving our district forward. We do not focus on blanket staff development initiatives or on broad programs, but on individual students. We have used integrated learning systems to improve math and reading because these systems have the ability to target instruction at exactly the level each child needs. We also have used reading software to check comprehension on individual books that students have read. Can technology help solve the problem? Recently we were presented with a problem: Many high school students are not doing their math homework, thereby impeding student achievement.
