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TC's Fiona Hollands: Schools Should Evaluate Technology With a Cost-Benefit Mindset

Fiona Hollands

Fiona Hollands

Fiona Hollands, Adjunct Associate Professor of Education

Classroom technology and the potential of new programs should be evaluated from a cost-benefit perspective that is both practical and pragmatic, Fiona Hollands, associate director of the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education, says in Education Dive. Two questions Holland recommends districts ask themselves are:  Is there any evidence that the product/device can help achieve the district's stated goal(s), and if so, what is the necessary "dosage" and mode of use? And what are the costs of the product/device for the quantity needed by the district?

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Published Tuesday, May 24, 2016