STNA

=School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA)=

Background
The School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA, say "Stenna") was originally developed by SEIR*TEC at SERVE in collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's Educational Technology Division, as part of the LANCET project (Looking at North Carolina Educational Technology).

The STNA was created to help building-level planners collect and analyze needs data related to implementation of the NC IMPACT technology integration model, as well as other contemporary frameworks for examining technology use in teaching and learning.

The STNA is typically accessed through a web address unique to each school, using a free online surveying system provided by SERVE. After a the survey has been completed by all staff members, it is closed and the address of a web-based report is provided to the individual responsible for coordinating the needs assessment. For schools preferring other options, a paper-and-pencil copy of the STNA may also be downloaded and freely reproduced for use, or items may be adapted to any other surveying method (e.g., telephone, email, or other web-based system).

A summary of the results of a study on STNA is available from SERVE (PDF).

A copy of a paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association in Baltimore, MD detailing the study is also available. Corn, J. (2007, November). //Investigating the validity and reliability of the School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA)//.

A new version of STNA (3.0) was released in December 2006, although the older version is still available to schools wishing to compare newly-collected data with the results of previous STNA implementations.

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