Dive Brief:
- According to the Consortium for School Networking's third annual K-12 IT Leadership Survey, IT leaders are most concerned about assessment readiness and funding.
- Less than 30% of those surveyed said their districts were "fully prepared" for online testing.
- Privacy and security were also reported as more important than last year, when they ranked last among concerns, by 57% of respondents.
Dive Insight:
Security becoming a bigger concern over last year could be attributed to the fact that issues of privacy breaches have garnered more news coverage as of late. In turn, more legislators (including President Barack Obama) are turning their attention to the issue.
What's probably most interesting is that when these leaders are questioned, the actual tech is not so much an issue as the logistics around it all.
