Maine Leading Initiative for Multistate Tech. Buys

Autor/in	Cavanagh, Sean
Titel	Maine Leading Initiative for Multistate Tech. Buys
Quelle	In: Education Week, 32 (2013) 24, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Purchasing; State Government; School Districts; Cooperation; Academic Standards; State Standards; Public Schools; Technology Integration; Hawaii; Maine; Vermont + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Beschaffungswesen; Kauf; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; School district; Schulbezirk; Co-operation; Kooperation; Public school; Öffentliche Schule
Abstract	A group of states has joined forces to arrange the purchase of an unusually comprehensive set of educational-technology devices and services, in a compact that could foreshadow other cooperative efforts by state and local governments attempting to turn the digital-procurement process to their advantage. The initial partners in the multistate venture are Maine, which has taken the lead, as well as Hawaii and Vermont. Leaders of the undertaking, known as the Multi-State Learning Technology Initiative, say that a major factor driving the collaboration--and one that could help attract other states--is the development of the Common Core State Standards, an attempt to create uniform academic expectations across states. In their invitation to technology companies bidding to provide them with services, the initial state partners said that technology supplied by vendors must meet the guidelines given to states by a pair of consortia for the common-core tests, which will be given online. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10