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1、LocalRelevanceandGeneralizability:LinkingEvaluationtoSchoolImprovementKatieMcMillanCulp,MargaretHoney,andRobertSpielvogelEducationDevelopmentCenter/CenterforChildrenandTechnologyIntroductionThispaperreviewsaperspectiveonevaluationofeducationaltechnologythatemphasizestheimportanceoflocallyvalidandloc
2、allyusefulresearchdesigns.Thisperspectivebuildsonourexperiencesasresearchersduringtwentyyearsofinvestigatinghowtechnologiescanbestbeintegratedintohigh-qualityeducationalenvironments.Morespecifically,itbuildsonourincreasedfocus,overthepastsixyears,onunderstandinghowschools,schooldistricts,andstateand
3、nationaleducationalauthoritiesactuallydomovethroughtheprocessofinvestinginandimplementingeducationaltechnologies.Inthispaperwearguethateffectiveevaluationmustproducebothresearch-basedknowledgeofwhattechnologicalapplicationscanworkbestineducationalenvironments,andpractice-basedknowledgeofhowthetechno
4、logyintegrationprocesscanbestbedesignedtomeetlocallydefinedlearninggoalsinschools.Inthefinalsectionofthispaperweoutlinehowanetworkofintermediaryorganizationscouldworktoreview,synthesizeandgeneralizefromlocally-generatedevaluationstudies,producingbroad-basedfindingsthatcouldguidelarge-scalepolicymaki
5、ng.Webelievethatevaluationresearchthatisresponsivetolocalconcerns,constraintsandpriorities,canbestructuredandsynthesizedtoproduceknowledgeabouteffectiveusesofeducationaltechnologythatbothhasahighleveloffacevaliditywithinlocalcommunitiesandinformsthemuchlarger-scaleprojectsofpolicymakers.Investigatin
6、gNewTechnologieswithLocalPartnersOurworkattheCenterforChildrenandTechnologybringsusintocontactwithmanydifferenttypesofinstitutions.Wecollaboratewithschooldistricts,museums,individualteachers,collegefacultymembers,after-schoolprograms,andmanyothers.Theserelationshipstakemanydifferentforms,buttheyalwa
7、ysrequireustovaluetheneedsandprioritiesofthoseindividualsandinstitutionsthatareworkingwithus.Thesepartnersarethesubjectsofourresearch,buttheyarealsoequallyinvestedintheresearch,withquestionsandgoalsin
