eTech Ohio: Biennial Educational Technology Assessment (BETA)

Biennial Educational Technology Assessment (BETA)

What is Biennial Educational Technology Assessment (BETA)?

The FY08-09 Biennial Educational Technology Assessment (BETA 08-09) is a K-12 public school census comprised of two surveys that collect school district self-reported data regarding technology accessibility and usage in Ohio's public schools. Surveys are:

Teacher Survey: explores teacher and student use of technology
Building Survey: reports technology resources available at the building level

BETA participation provides a number of benefits including, but not limited to, the following:

Completion of the BETA Teacher and Building Surveys are required for districts to be eligible for the following eTech Ohio grants and programs:
- SchoolNet Plus
- Professional Development
- Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)
- Competitive Professional Development Grants
The BETA website and data are available to aid districts with:
- Technology planning
- Monitoring the progress of local technology plan implementation
- Communicating about educational technology to your community and stakeholders.
BETA is an important resource for state policymakers as they consider the progress and future needs of educational technology for Ohio schools.

The BETA survey tool requires the use of a web browser that meets current industry standards. Your browser may be out of date and may not meet current industry standards. As such, you may need to upgrade your web browser or use a different computer to complete the BETA survey.

The following web browsers have been tested and are known to work with the BETA survey:

Apple Safari 1.2 and newer (Mac OS only)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and newer (Windows only)
Mozilla 1 and newer (Mac OS and Windows)
Opera 8 and newer (Mac OS and Windows)

BETA 08/09 Results

Previous Results

BETA is administered every two years. You may find it valuable to review results from previous rounds of BETA.

BETA06-07

Survey Time Period

The BETA 08-09 release and submission deadlines are:

Survey Release Date Collection Deadline Review/Correction Deadline

Teacher Survey August 15, 2007 November 08, 2007 N/A

Building Survey August 15, 2007 November 08, 2007 December 27, 2007

Previous Surveys and Reports

Each round of the BETA data gathering is comprised of three surveys that focus a different level of the K-12 enterprise: Teachers, Buildings and Districts. These individual documents are listed below according to the year they were administered.

BETA Surveys for 2008

BETA08-09 Building Survey Instrument
BETA08-09 Teacher Survey Instrument

BETA Surveys for 2006

Teacher Survey (2006)
Building Survey (2006)

BETA Surveys for 2004

Building Survey (2004)