How can technology be assessed?

How can technology be assessed to demonstrate “independent” use by learners and still focus on curricular content?

Some educators in Chittenden County have been addressing this question this school year in the form of scenarios that exhibit age appropriate assignments that truly incorporate technology into the curriculum and also take into consideration the Vermont Technology Grade Expectations TGE's and National Educational Standards for Students NETs standards.  Take a look at them here:
http://transformation-technology.wikispaces.com/

This is also a great example of using a wiki.    

I think these examples are ambitious but they include great ideas that teachers can take part of or the whole thing to use in the classroom.