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The resource being described is some kind of instrument or tool that may, or may not, be directly accessible over the Internet. In a sense, this category is a special instance of the "Services" resource type.

• Assessing the Technology Plan
  After researching and developing the technology plan, it is essential to assess its function and workability. In this critical step, you will evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the design and the impact it will have to the district.
• CEO Forum on Education and Technology
  The Interactive School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart is a self-assessment tool designed to provide schools with the information they need to better integrate technology into their educational process. Here, one can complete an online, multiple-choice questionnaire that will provide instant feedback on how well a school is doing in this process.
• EnGauge
  The enGauge framework identifies Six Essential Conditions- system-wide factors critical to effective uses of technology for student learning, and then provides a comprehensive set of evaluative tools that give schools the opportunity to measure their effectiveness in each of the Six Essential Conditions.
• Gauging Return on Investment: Assessing Professional Growth in Skill and Use
  This article by Jamie McKenzie, first published in eSchool News (July/August, 1998), stresses the concept of assessment based on two principles: 1) We can't make adjustments in teaching and pedagogy until (or unless) we have a sense of whether what we are currently doing is working; and 2) Assessing and reporting the results openly gives our stakeholders the opportunity to understand that a robust investment in professional development pays great dividends when it comes to technology.
• K-12 STaR Chart
  The CEO Forum on Education & Technology has developed two School Technology & Readiness (STaR) Charts, one for the K-12 community and the other for colleges of education. Both contain a series of questions that, once answered, enable you to get instantaneous feedback on your institution's level of readiness in using technology.
• Learning With Technology Profile Tool
  NCRTEC and NCREL are developing a suite of tools to support schools in technology planning and integration. The Learning With Technology Profile Tool is a computer program intended to help educators think carefully about their practice in the areas of engaged learning and technology.
• PCC Assessment Tool
  by The Milken Family Foundation 6/07/00 | This tool, which has been converted into a PDF document, and is a companion to the Professional Competency Continuum document, has been designed to provide educators with an opportunity to assess their status within the skill and knowledge areas described in that continuum. The PCC Assessment Tool features two different assessments.
• South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium's Profiler Tool
  Profiler is designed to help groups of individuals improve their skills around a general topic by inspiring cooperation and collaboration among teachers and students within a school. The best way to see Profiler in action is to experiment with the demonstration.
• Teachers' Internet Use Guide
  Standards-Based Instruction is the primary focus of this website. Here, you will: Learn how to design, develop, implement, and evaluate a standards-based lesson that uses the Internet;Explore some sample lessons that were created using this process; and Design your own lesson.
• The Alliance for Technology Access
  The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is a network of community-based Resource Centers, Developers and Vendors, Affiliates, and Associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies.
• The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  The foundation has created a website to share resources, research, professional development and examples of technology use, even if a person is working alone, so that they understand the uses of technology.
• The Technology Support Index (TSI)
  This is an assessment tool for schools and districts to profile their technology support programs and to provide solutions based on those unique profiles. Two assumptions are built into the use of the TSI: First, that all district have in place or are planning network infrastructure to every classroom.