of the U.S. Department of Education and support from the Council
of Chief State School Officers.
This document was originally conceptualized in 1998 and then revised in 2001 in an effort to keep its content and recommendations up-to-date in the face of the ever changing field of information technology. Individuals who have contributed to the development of this document include:
Lysbeth Bainbridge
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Kathleen Barfield
WestEd Laboratory
Tim Beasley
Sierra Systems Consultants, Inc.
Barbara Clements
Evaluation Software Publishing, Inc.
Warren Falls
Washington School Information Processing Cooperative
William Freund
National Center for Education Statistics
Bob Friedman
Arkansas Public School Computer Network
Kristin Gilbert
Office of Migrant Education
U.S. Department of Education
Jill Hanson
Sierra Systems Consultants, Inc.
Lee Hoffman
National Center for Education Statistics
Donald Holznagel
Southeast Regional Technology in Education Consortium
Doreen Kelly-Carney
Arizona Department of Education
Carrol Kindel
National Center for Education Statistics
Glynn Ligon
Evaluation Software Publishing, Inc.
Gerald Malitz
National Center for Education Statistics
Catherine Mozer
Office Of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department
of Education
Jo Ann Mulvihill
Mississippi Department of Education
Paul O’Driscoll
Salem-Keizer (OR) Public Schools
Mike Read
Austin (TX) Independent School District
Andy Rogers
Los Angeles (CA) Unified School District
Jennifer Sellers
NASA IITA/Sterling Software
Walter Terrie
Florida State University
Joseph Villani
Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools
Joan Williams
Pan-Educational Institute
After a draft of the document was completed, site visits were scheduled
to have the document reviewed for content and format. The persons who conducted
the site visits and provided information for revised drafts are listed
below.
Tim Beasley
Sierra Systems Consultants, Inc.
Barbara Clements
Evaluation Software Publishing, Inc.
Seymour Hanfling
Northwest Regional Technology in Education Consortium
Jill Hanson
Sierra Systems Consultants, Inc.
Glynn Ligon
Evaluation Software Publishing, Inc.
Mike Read
Austin (TX) Independent School District
Andy Rogers
Los Angeles (CA) Unified School District
Tom Szuba
Consultant
Participants in the site visits provided invaluable feedback on the
contents and format of the draft document. To them, we are especially grateful.
The following persons helped arrange and/or participated in the site visits
or provided additional written feedback.
Round Rock (TX) Independent
School District
Terry Bishop, Associate Superintendent (Host)
Marilyn Eanes, Librarian, Hopewell Middle School
Jon Gates, Assistant Principal, Forest Creek Elementary School
Deborah K. Ghrist, Librarian, Round Rock High School
Charlotte Hanna, Computer Literacy Teacher, Hopewell Middle School
Linda Herrington, Principal, Hopewell Middle School
Jan Hopkins, Instructional Technology Coordinator
Cathy Hrindak, MIS Director
Barbara Jansen, Librarian, Forest Creek Elementary School
Peggy Mica, Computer Coordinator, Round Rock High School
Dan Scott, Systems Engineer
Gene Stokes, Principal, Deepwood Elementary School
Karen Turpin, Computer Literacy Teacher, Cedar Valley Middle School
Julie Walker, Director, Media Services
Ed Zaiontz, Executive Director, Information Services (Host)
St. Edwards University, Austin, TX
Tae Choi
Father James Kane
Mary Lambert, Director of Instructional Technology (Host)
Ann Province
Sheryl Scott
Albuquerque (NM) Public Schools
Maureen Davidson, Director of Technology (Host)
Tom Kappel
Dale Rodriguez
Ken Tuley
Los Alamos (NM) National Laboratory, Science Education and Outreach
Richard Alexander
Sharon Dogruel (Host)
Delores Jacobs (Host)
Robert Judd
Judith Kaye
University of New Mexico
Priscilla Norton, Professor of Educational Technology
New Mexico State University
Nolan Gray, Director, Software Preview Center
New Mexico Department of Education
George Fisher, Database Specialist
Kurt Steinhaus , Director, Educational Planning Services (Host)
Pueblo of Laguna Department of Education
Karen Dixon Blazer, Director
Evergreen (WA) School District
Doug Hamilton, Manager, Instructional Technology
Gail Pfingsten, Manager, Communications Information Resources (Host)
Chris Tschirgi
Pat Hartley
Bill Kirk
Vancouver (WA) School District
Terry Allen, Instructional Technologist
Tom Cohen
Terry Hollenbach, Network Engineer
Alan Hughes, Director, Information Technology and Services (Host)
Jim Parsley, Superintendent
Jan Potts, Programmer
Jim Rourke, Teacher, Technology Support
Russ Schriock, Microcomputer Technologist
Lucy Tubbs, Desktop Support Analyst
Oregon Department of Education
Pat Almond, Assessment and Evaluation
Joyce Benjamin, Associate Superintendent (Host)
Susan Cheavtcharn, Migrant Education
Tom Cook, Director, Oregon Public Education Network
Lynn Horine, Grants and Contracts
Jim Rose, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
Jim Sanner, Research and Assessment
South Carolina Department of Education
Linda Bartone, Office of Instructional Technology
Pamela Pritchett, Senior Executive Assistant
Editing, layout and design assistance were provided by the following
persons.
Bill Chuck and Maxine Chuck, B. Czar Productions, Inc., Brookline, MA.
Denis Lipman and Frances Erlebacher, The Creative Shop, Bethesda, MD
Jonathan Travers, National Center for Education Statistics
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