Assessment

A Retrospective on Twenty years of Education Technology Policy by Katie Culp, Margaret Honey, & Ellen Mandinach, Education Development Center, Center for Children and Technology (October 2003). http://www.nationaledtechplan.org/participate/20years.pdf

A Shared Agenda, Action Alert for Higher Education Leaders, Pathways to College Network (2004). http://www.pathwaystocollege.net/pdf/productsfindings/sharedagenda04/HigherEdAction.pdf

A Gap Analysis of Online Student Services: Report on Administrator and Student Surveys (December 2002). http://www.nea.org/he/abouthe/dlstudy.pdf

A Shared Agenda: Pathways to Success (2004). Pathways to College Network and Clearinghouse. http://www.pathwaystocollege.net/Pub/pub_products_findings.html

A Survey of Traditional and Distance Learning Higher Education Members commissioned by The National Education Association (June 2000). http://www.nea.org/he/abouthe/dlstudy.pdf

Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs, Posted on The Higher Learning Commission Page, http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/resources/electronic_degrees/

College Completion: Additional efforts Could Help Education with Its Completion Goals (May 2003). United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Requesters. http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03568high.pdf

Distance Education: Improved Data on Program Costs and Guidelines on Quality
Assessments Needed to Inform Federal Policy http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04279.pdf

Distance Learning in Maryland Colleges and Universities Academic Year 2001-2002. http://www.mhec.state.md.us/higherEd/AcadAff/Distance%20Learning%20Report.doc

Distance Learning Strategic Plan Montgomery College (April 2003).

Does Policy Make a Difference? An Exploration into Policies for Distance Education by Katrina A. Meyer (2002). http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/winter54/Meyer_policy_54.htm

How does technology affect access in postsecondary education. Under review, available soon http://nces.ed.gov/npec/pdf/ps_Phipps.pdf

Learning for the 21st Century: Milestones for Improving Learning and Education Guide (2002). http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/downloads/P21_Report.pdf

Making Decisions About Distance Learning: A Contractual Appendix (2000). From the American Federation of Teachers.

Participation in Technology-Based Post Compulsory Education, Issue Brief, National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004020

Quality on the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet Based Distance Learning. Prepared for the Institute for Higher Education Policy (April 2000) http://www.nea.org/he/abouthe/Quality.pdf

Sizing the Opportunity: The Quality and Extent of Online Education in the United States, 2002 and 2003. The Sloan Consortium of Institutions and Organizations Committed to Quality Online Education. (2003). http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/survey.asp

Student Outcomes information for Policy Makers. Final Report of the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative Working Group on Student Outcomes from a Policy Perspective (1997). http://nces.ed.gov/pubs97/97991.pdf

Statement of commitment by the regional accrediting commissions for the evaluation of electronically offered degree and certificate programs. (2002) posted on the WCET site.

Technology and Its Ramifications for Data Systems, the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative and The George Washington University co-sponsored Policy Panel (1997). http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=98279

The Report of Two Policy Symposia. IDE Innovations in Distance Education (1995) Penn State. http://www.cde.psu.edu/DE/IDE/policy/policy.html

The Power of the Internet for Learning: Final Report of the Web Based Education Commission Report (2000). http://www.ed.gov/offices/AC/WBEC/FinalReport/index.html

Update of the Maryland State Plan for Postsecondary Education (2002). http://www.mhec.state.md.us/publications/NewStatePlan/StateplanUpdate.asp