posted by:
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Ron Feinstein
on January 28, 2000
at 11:03AM
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subject:
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measuring effectiveness
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At mid point in year two of our project we are asking serious questions about both teachers' practice and students' understanding after teachers' participation in these professional development opportunities. Certainly the results from much of this work are impossible to quantify on a chart. A great deal of time invested in less formal professional development activities must also by its very nature go underreported. Even as we compile the data for this report we recognize the necessity to begin in earnest more definitive ways in which to measure the effectiveness of our approach to reconceptualizing mathematics teaching and learning. With this in mind we are presently investigating with our co-evaluators how we might more efficiently utilize collected data by positing new questions alongside what we know about teachers and their classroom practice both from observations and standardized assessments of their students. These components will assist us in the design of an instrument with which we could better assess the effectiveness of the professional development opportunities offered in our district. We are very interested in hearing how other projects are utilizing alternate methods for measuring effectiveness of their reform efforts.
Ronald Feinstein
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