FCPS eCART

About FCPS eCART

What is FCPS eCART?

FCPS eCART (Electronic Curriculum Assessment Resource Tool) provides teachers and school administrators access to web-based FCPS-approved curriculum, assessments, tools, and resources that support K-12 teaching and learning.

The development of eCART is allowing FCPS to lead the way in demonstrating how technology can support instruction by providing up-to-date curriculum, resources, and assessments to teachers in the classroom. This undertaking is one of the first of its kind in education. FCPS eCART won the 2009 Governor's Technology Award for Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Education.

Students and parents will notice the impact of eCART primarily in the area of assessment for learning. Twice a year, students in select grades and subjects will take divisionwide assessments that will provide data to teachers and curriculum specialists to identify student learning needs.

eCART gives teachers access to the most current FCPS curriculum and resources for planning and delivering instruction. eCART also allows teachers to create and deliver both FCPS- and teacher-created assessments, helping guide the day-to-day instruction of students. Teachers are able to share results with students and parents through the student's FCPS 24-7 Learning account.

What are the Expansion Plans for FCPS eCART?

FCPS eCART has the flexibility to support future requirements and meet the FCPS student achievement goals of academics, essential life skills, and responsibility to the community. Future developments will increase teachers and school administrators access to longitudinal data in the Education Decision Support Library (EDSL eCART), in addition to Best Practices tools, documents, and FCPS resources.

News and Highlights

6/2/11: FCPS Named a Winner of the 2011 CIO 100 Award

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has been named a winner of the prestigious 2011 CIO 100 Award from Chief Information Officer (CIO) magazine recognizing its innovative use of information technology. The school system is being recognized for creating and deploying the FCPS electronic Curriculum Assessment Resource Tool (FCPS eCART), which provides teachers and school administrators with access to web-based FCPS-approved curricula, assessments, tools, and resources that support teaching and learning for grades K-12 and are available anytime and anywhere

3/5/10: FCPS eCART & the National Educational Technology Plan 2010

Fairfax County Public Schools' eCART gets referenced in Transforming American Education — Learning Powered by Technology, National Educational Technology Plan 2010, Office of Educational Technology. U.S. Department of Education, March 5, 2010.

3/3/10: Secretary of Education mentions FCPS eCART

US Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, mentioned Fairfax County Public Schools' Electronic Curriculum Resource Assessment Tool at the Association of American Publishers Annual Meeting.

9/21/09: FCPS Wins 2009 Governor's Award

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has been named winner of a 2009 Governor’s Award for Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Education for its eCART project.

Quotes from eCART Users

"Simply put, it is an excellent assessment tool that allows me to measure my students' progress toward the standards in the same way general education students are assessed. As the only teacher in my school that teaches Geosystems, this is the only way that I can come close to creating a "common assessment" - through the use of approved questions and already created assessments for each strand. I think it has had a significant impact on student achievement in my class."

-FCPS High School Geosystems Teacher

"eCART provided us with assessment data for targeted intervention – this was a most valuable tool."

-FCPS Middle School Assistant Principal

"In Virginia's Fairfax County Public Schools, teachers use a Web-based system called the Electronic Curriculum Resource Assessment Tool to create and access lesson plans, worksheets, assessment tools, and other resources tied to district-approved standards."

-Using Technology to Transform Schools, remarks by Secretary Arne Duncan

“eCART’s resources searches are populated with so many terrific ideas. We use them all the time.”

-FCPS Elementary School Teacher

“eCART has made teaching fun again.”

-FCPS Middle School Teacher

“eCART was not our silver bullet, but we must give credit where credit is due. It was a major factor that helped us to close our achievement gap and raise the bar in instruction.”

-FCPS Middle School Assistant Principal

FCPS eCART

About FCPS eCART

eCART Success Stories: Using Assessments for Learning

eCART: Helping Students Prepare for the Virginia SOL Tests

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