Teaching quality publications
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California’s Beginning Teachers: the Bumpy Path to a Profession
This study addresses education policies that affect beginning teachers in California—induction, clear credentialing, evaluation, and tenure.
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Discovery of Community Structures in a Heterogeneous Professional Online Network
We report a study of an international online network of educators involved in many forms of professional development and peer support, including sponsored and volunteer-driven activities taking place in both…
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: California Physical Education-Health Project Case Study
This case study of the California Physical Education-Health Project (CPE-HP) provides a portrait of what physical education can and should be and describes CPE-HP’s role in achieving the vision.
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: California Science Project Case Study
We begin by describing the history of SEP and the programs SEP offers elementary teachers and the scientists who work with them.
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: Cross Case Summary
SRI staff collaborated with CSMP leadership to identify sites within their projects that had programs or partnerships that could be used to illustrate the work of the CSMP.
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: The California Arts Project Case Study
As this case study highlights, RIMS CAP supported TVUSD in building its arts program in two main ways: (1) developing capacity in a teacher leader who persisted in moving arts…
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: History-Social Science Project Case Study
The California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) has maintained a focus on providing long-term, subject-specific professional development.
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Teacher Incentive Fund: First Implementation Report, 2006 and 2007 Grantees
The interim report is part of a five-year national implementation evaluation (2008-13) focused on the first two cohorts of the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grantees.
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Peer Review: Getting Serious About Teacher Support and Evaluation
SRI International and J. Koppich & Associates have completed a study of two exemplary PAR programs in two California school districts.
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: Bay Area Writing Project Case Study
In 2002, a group of teachers and administrators saw an opportunity to bring a new focus to writing in the Oakland Unified School District.
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: California Mathematics Project Case Study
In 2001, the North Bay Mathematics Project (NBMP) and Bellevue Union Elementary District (Bellevue) began working to improve mathematics instruction through “lesson study.”
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Teachers’ Ability to Use Data to Inform Instruction: Challenges and Supports
Understanding the nature of teachers’ proficiencies and difficulties in data use is important for providing appropriate training and support to teachers, because they are expected to use student data as…