Author_Institution :
State Dept. of Educ., Office of e-Learning South Carolinas, Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
The United States Congress enacted the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 that had as its goal “every student be technologically literate by the time the student finishes the eighth grade, regardless of the student´s race, ethnicity, gender, family income, geographic location, or disability”1. The State of South Carolina´s Department of Education, located in the southeastern region of the United States of America (USA), has developed and used a web-based, comprehensive, and evidence-basedtechnology proficiency system - The SC ePortfolio System - that forms the bedrock of South Carolina´s plan for improving teaching and learning in the United States and ensuring that every South Carolina student is technologically proficient by the time the student finishes the eighth grade, regardless of the student´s race, ethnicity, gender, family income, geographic location, or disability2.
Keywords :
Internet; demography; educational administrative data processing; public administration; socio-economic effects; Department of Education; No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; SC ePortfolio system; South Carolina schools; USA; United States Congress; United States of America; Web based comprehensive evidence based technology proficiency system; ethnicity; family income; gender; geographic location; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Portfolios; Standards; Tutorials; USA Councils; e-learning; technology education; technology proficiency;
