Program Name & Location
Outcomes
Model Laptop A collaborative and technology-rich school culture. Program East Rock Magnet School New Haven, CT
Meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Continuous improvement in student achievement An integrated and challenging curriculum based on state standards.
http://eastrock.org/mlaptop.htm Program Name & Location
Outcomes
Laptop Notebook Project
Year 1: Focused on Attitudinal Effect • The project had increased student use of computers for academic purposes, both at home and at school. • Teacher use of computers increased as a result of the laptop project. • Students, as well as parents and teachers, involved in the project felt that the laptops were an important tool in the educational process. • The laptops were perceived as making a difference in academic outcomes, more in some subjects and skill areas than in others.
Year 2: Focused on Academic Outcomes • Using a nationally standardized achievement test, test scores of the 1997/98 seventh graders who were completing the second year of using the laptops in their respective school settings were studied and compared to those of their peers not using the laptops. • In addition, the pre-project fifth grade scores (1996) of both groups (laptop and non-laptop users) were compared to determine if differences existed before laptops were introduced. • Finally, an ancillary analysis was done to see if school attendance related to use of laptops. http://www.beaufort.k12.sc.us/district/ltopeval.html
Beaufort County School District, SC