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In recent years there has been a shift in schools from paper-and-pencil student assessments to increased use of digital technologies.  On-line student assessments offer new types of active, intensive, and reflective learning opportunities for children that can improve their comprehension in ways traditional teacher-based instruction may not.  However, teaching through technology also presents new knowledge requirements and logistical issues teachers must be prepared to address.  Below is a listing of CPRE research that examines the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating technology into classrooms and utilizing the data produced.

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Assessment and Accountability Across the 50 States
Assessment and Accountability Profiles
Assessment and Accountability Systems in the 50 States: 1999-2000
Benchmarks for Success? Interim Assessments as a Strategy for Educational Improvement
Building With Benchmarks: The Role of the District in Philadelphia's Benchmark Assessment System
Can Interim Assessments be Used for Instructional Change
Can Interim Assessments be Used for Instructional Change
Defining, Developing, and Using Curriculum Indicators
Developing a Psychometrically Sound Assessment of School Leadership: The VAL-ED as a Case Study
Expanding Access, Participation, and Success in International Baccalaureate Programmes (IB Access Project): Evaluation Report Year Two
Expanding Access, Participation, and Success in International Baccalaureate Programmes: Year One Documentation Report
From Testing to Teaching: The Use of Interim Assessments in Classroom Instruction
Impact of America's Choice on Student Performance in Duval County, Florida
Learning About Assessment: An Evaluation of a Ten-State Effort to Build Assessment Capacity in High Schools
Learning to learn from benchmark assessment data: How teachers analyze results
Locating Interim Assessments Within Teachers' Assessment Practice
Redesigning Accountability Systems for Education (2004)
State Strategies for Building Capacity in Education: Progress and Continuing Challenges
Strategic Measures of Teacher Performance
The Big Squeeze: Stories of Education Accountability (CPRE VIDEO)
The District Role in Building Capacity: Four Strategies
The Federal Role in Defining Adequate Yearly Progress: The Flexibility/Accountability Trade-off