Teaching quality publications
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How Clinical Coaches Support Candidate Development: Examining the Role of Clinical Coaches at CSU Fullerton to Improve Teacher Preparation
This report summarizes the initial work of California State University grantees participating in the NGEI. The report summarizes the five areas emphasized by the Bechtel Foundation for teacher education reform…
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Approaches to Improving Clinical Practice: Describing How NGEI Sites are Reforming Clinical Placement Experiences and Candidate Feedback Systems
As part of the Bechtel-funded New Generation of Educators Initiative (NGEI), California State University (CSU) grantees are reforming the clinical experience in their teacher preparation programs. This report describes selected…
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Professional Development to Support Instructional Improvement: Lessons from Research
This paper acknowledges the issue of nonstrategic use of professional development resources and describes lessons from research on how professional development could be better designed to achieve desired impacts on…
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Improving early literacy in PreK–3: Lessons learned (August 2016)
The Pathway Schools Initiative aims to dramatically increase the number of students who reach the critical milestone of grade 3 reading proficiency, an indicator predictive of later academic outcomes and…
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation-Learning Brief 2 (July 2016)
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation (DE) led by SRI International and Child Trends.
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Replacing Teacher Evaluation Systems with Systems of Professional Growth: Lessons from Three California School Districts and Their Teachers’ Unions
This report draws lessons from three California school districts and their teachers’ unions that have charted a different course and determined that the purpose of evaluation should be to improve…
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Measuring the Quantity and Quality of the K-12 STEM Teacher Pipeline
SRI Education recruited three education policy experts to contribute concept papers that explore the research and policy implications of the STEM indicators system.
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Measuring the Quantity and Quality of the K-12 STEM Teacher Pipeline – Executive Summary
Together, these papers can guide policymakers, researchers, and educators through the potential implications and implementation of the STEM education indicator system.
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation-Learning Brief 1 (January 2016)
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation (DE) led by SRI International and Child Trends.
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Reform Focus at NGEI Partnerships: Summarizing Initial NGEI Campus-Level Work to Improve Teacher Education
The report summarizes the five areas emphasized by the Bechtel Foundation for teacher education reform occurring as part of the program.
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Research Brief: Springfield Public Schools’ Effective Educator Coach Program
The EEC program is a comprehensive mentoring program in which experienced teachers support new or struggling teachers.
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Research Brief: Implementation of the Educator Evaluation Framework in Massachusetts
Educators were divided about whether the EEF is focused on professional growth and development.