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Evaluation
October 2003
Vol. 24, No. 4
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In This Issue
ARTICLES
We care, therefore they learn
Project about the achievement gap demonstrates that encouragement can lead to achievement.
Expanding expectations for students through accelerated schools
What does accelerated learning mean?
3 ways to fund literacy coaching
California state funding is specifically designated to support coaches.
‘Collaboration lite’ puts student achievement on a starvation diet
Calls for a collaborative culture come from leading educational researchers who use unusually emphatic language.
Connecting all the pieces
Mosaic approach to evaluation makes a complete picture.
Frank discussion in focus groups can yield useful data
Organizations everywhere are trying focus groups.
So much to learn, so little opportunity
How strange and ironic it is that teachers, who disseminate knowledge, have so little time and opportunity to acquire it.
Scooping up meaningful evidence
Backward planning, combined with collecting evidence each step of the way, helps staff developers meet goals of No Child Left Behind.
3 ways to fund literacy coaching
Help teachers re-evaluate how they’re teaching literacy and help them try new strategies.
Facilitator: 10 Refreshments: 8 Evaluation: 0
Workshop satisfaction misses the point. Evaluation means understanding what participants learn, when and how they apply the learning, and when and how it benefits students.
As trainings grow shorter, follow-up plays a bigger role
Challenges of creating effective groups.
8 smooth steps
Solid footwork makes evaluation of staff development programs a song.
My mentor, myself
District uses data collection and analysis to create and refine a program to help teachers and students.
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