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KIPP Schools, A Study of Early Implementation: First Year Report, 2004 - 2005
Jane L, Bay Area Research Group David, Katrina Woodworth, Elizabeth, Independent Consultant Grant, Roneeta Guha, Alejandra Lopez-Torkos, & Viki Young

The study reports the extent to which five Bay Area Knowledge Is Power Program schools achieve their goals and the implications of the findings for other public schools.

Mar, 2006 Journal Download PDF Details
Topics: Educational Impact Evaluation
Meeting Student Challenges to Innovative Instruction with Improved Assessment Techniques
Louise Yarnall

Presentation of an R&D project focused on the assessment of project-based learning involving community college instructors, and engagement in some of the reflection activities that helped instructors identify and measure the skills taught in innovative instruction.

Mar, 2010 Miscellaneous Download PDF Details
Topics: Assessment Design + Evaluation Community College: Transitions Community College: Reform to Support Real-World Learning School Improvement: Curriculum + Instruction Teacher Quality + Learning
National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development: Year 2 Report
H. Alix Gallagher, William Penuel, Robert Murphy, Kristin Bosetti, Patrick Shields, Yukie Toyama, & Kaily Yee

Year 2 report on SRI's examination of changes in students’ writing proficiency, students’ writing practices, teachers’ instructional practices, and teachers’ professional communities in middle schools that have formed partnerships with Local Writing Project sites.

Apr, 2009 Technical Report Download PDF Details
Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trials + Quasi-Experimental Designs Reading, Writing + Humanities Teacher Quality + Learning
National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development: Year 4 Report
H. Alix Gallagher, Katrina Woodworth, Kristin Bosetti, Lauren Cassidy, Teresa McCaffrey, Kaily Yee, Haiwen Wang, Patrick Shields, Robert Murphy, & William Penuel

Final report on SRI's examination of changes in students’ writing proficiency, students’ writing practices, teachers’ instructional practices, and teachers’ professional communities in middle schools that have formed partnerships with Local Writing Project sites.

Jun, 2011 Technical Report Download PDF Details
Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trials + Quasi-Experimental Designs Reading, Writing + Humanities Teacher Quality + Learning
Poster: A System for Creating Assessment of Higher-Order Reasoning in Specific Undergraduate Domains
Louise Yarnall, Geneva Haertel, Larry Gallagher, Rob Johnstone, Robert Mislevy, & Ernest Pascarella

Poster presentation at the annual project manager’s meeting of the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C.

Jun, 2009 Miscellaneous Download PDF Details
Topics: Assessment Design + Evaluation Community College: Transitions
Poster: Assessment Research to Inform Community College Instructional Goals
Louise Yarnall, Geneva Haertel, Larry Gallagher, Rob Johnstone, Robert Mislevy, & Ernest Pascarella

A poster presenting the team's research on how to make visible, by means of assessment, the important, foundational knowledge in domain areas.

Apr, 2010 Miscellaneous Download PDF Details
Topics: Assessment Design + Evaluation Community College: Transitions
Poster: Using a Principled Design System to Identify Community College Outcomes
Louise Yarnall, Geneva Haertel, Larry Gallagher, Rob Johnstone, Robert Mislevy, & Ernest Pascarella

Poster presentation at the annual project manager’s meeting of the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C.

Jun, 2008 Miscellaneous Download PDF Details
Topics: Assessment Design + Evaluation Community College: Transitions
Research in Advanced Formal Theorem-Proving Techniques
Cordell Green, Robert A. Yates, Bertram Raphael, & Charles A. Rosen

Research in the development and application of advanced formal theorem-proving techniques. The objective of the proposed work is to design and implement a computer program with general, powerful, and extremely flexible capabilities for both logical inference and data management.

Jun, 1969 Journal Download PDF Details
Resolution Graphs
Robert A. Yates, Bertram Raphael, & Timothy P. Hart

This paper introduces a new notation, called "resolution graphs," for deduction by resolution in first-order predicate calculus. A resolution graph consists of groups of nodes that represent initial clauses of a deduction and links that represent unifying substitutions.

Mar, 1970 Journal Download PDF Details
Scenario-Based Learning Assessment Reflection Toolkit
Louise Yarnall, Ann House, Ken Rafanan, Thomas Gaffney, & Ruchi Tirumala Bhanot

SRI developed evidence-centered assessment reflection tools (EC-AR) that help educators to broaden learning objectives to shift from content topics to student competencies.

Nov, 2009 Miscellaneous Download PDF Details
Topics: Assessment Design + Evaluation Community College: Transitions