...a technology project with wide-reaching implications. Using the analysis of APR data, which included districts' student achievement data and comprehensive school improvement plans, the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency 9 (AEA 9) noticed two specific problems common to virtually all of its 21 K-12 districts:

1. There was a significant drop in the state's math test scores for eighth-grade students, specifically in the area of problem solving, and particularly among students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

2. National and state studies of teachers' technology use revealed that there was a large, teacher-identified need and interest in using technology more effectively in the classroom.

Fortunately, both needs meshed perfectly with the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) Title II D: Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program.

Satisfying State and National Goals

AEA 9 district superintendents met and discussed the APR data as well as participation guidelines for a consortium proposal for EETT funds. Then, 17 of the 21 districts chose to participate in the implementation of a technology-rich, research-based, National Science Foundation (NSF)-designated "exemplary" mathematics program--Cognitive Tutor Algebra I--to address the problems. The remaining four districts elected to continue their implementation of other NSF "exemplary and...

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