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Evaluating Professional Development

September 6, 2005

WCER researcher John Smithson and colleagues are evaluating instruction and professional development in the National Science Foundation's Mathematics and Science Partnerships (MSPs). The MSP program seeks to help prepare the next generation of scientists, engineers, science and math educators, and a science-literate citizenry. Smithson and colleagues are measuring the effects of the broad range of MSP-supported activities aimed toward increasing the quality of teaching in K-12 mathematics and science and raising the achievement of students in MSP sites. The research team includes leaders in two advanced research methods for collecting data on instructional practices and content taught, and in measuring the alignment of instruction with standards and assessments.