Are we ready to embrace ‘swimmers’ and ‘treaders’ as the new world order?

At the Fall Leadership Summit, held for all directors leading schools in the New Tech Network, we were asked “Why is NTN joining the student testing bandwagon?” Our answer was that NTN isn't "joining" the outcomes bandwagon so much as pushing ourselves to add more substance to how we measure student success. NTN has always been on the outcomes bandwagon. From the beginning our goal has been to demonstrate and measure the success of the NTN model.

At NTN results matter. All results. Not just those that are state mandated, but a full range of results that tell us how students feel, think, respond to and engage in a range of cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social activities associated with their educational experience.

We often get asked: what's the New Tech secret sauce? Project based learning? Yes. Tech-infused instruction? Yes. Positive school culture? Yes. And much, much more that can't be encapsulated in just a few sound bites.