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A well-designed evaluation plan is essential if decision-makers are to assess the problems and prospects for Information Technology. In designing the evaluation plan the resources in the community, the point of view guiding teaching and learning, and lessons from previous attempts at innovation must all be taken into account. Many models for conducting evaluations exist. Tests, measures and alternative assessment strategies currently in circulation can be adapted for IT settings. The dissatisfaction with attempts to use IT successfully in education, voiced by many commentators around the world, could be countered with data on the powerful impact IT on schools if all the relevant data were collected, analyzed and used in successive cycles of policy making, program improvement and program evaluation.
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Marshall, G. (1998). Measuring success in the global village — resources for conducting systematic and comprehensive evaluations in IT settings. In: Marshall, G., Ruohonen, M. (eds) Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35195-7_21
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