in the cloud

The free, Web-based Technology Readiness Tool is kicking up myriad concerns among educators, who worry that there’s little new money to bring their technology capabilities up to the level needed, that such testing could overwhelm district infrastructure, and that assessments could end up evaluating students’ technology skills more than their mastery of common-core material.

But the readiness tool is the first step toward addressing those concerns, and some ed-tech leaders hope it can provide the leverage needed to encourage state lawmakers to add funding to bring lagging districts up to speed.