This report provides a brief summary of evaluation findings about the implementation and impacts of the Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives in Itasca County Transformation Zone across the three years of the evaluation (2012–2015). It also summarizes the long-term successes and lessons learned from implementing these two initiatives.
Tech Report
A Content Comparison Analysis of the Next Generation Science Standards and the Michigan Science Standards
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and Wayne Regional Education Service Agency contracted with SRI International’s Center for Technology in Learning to conduct an external, independent content comparison review of the Michigan Science Standards (MSS) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Blended Learning Report
With funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, SRI’s Center for Technology in Learning studied the adoption of blended learning models in selected schools in California and Louisiana associated with five different charter management organizations during the 2011-12 school year. This research report presents the findings of this formative and summative research effort, including detailed research profiles summarizing the adoption experience of each of the five organizations.
Illinois Preschool for All (PFA) Program Evaluation
A summary of findings and implications for policy and practice of an Erikson Institute-led, SRI-supported evaluation of the Illinois Preschool for All program.
Illinois Preschool for All (PFA) Program Quality
This fact sheet summarizes findings from the Illinois Preschool for All (PFA) program evaluation conducted by Erikson Institute and SRI International. PFA programs are funded by the Illinois State Board of Education to provide early education opportunities for children between the ages of three and five, with priority given to children from low-income families and those who are determined to be “at risk.” The evaluation took an in-depth look at PFA programs throughout the state (excluding the city of Chicago) from 2008 through 2010 to provide a picture of PFA program quality, children’s school readiness, and the characteristics of program participants.
In fall 2009, trained staff observed PFA classrooms using two observational tools: the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Revised (ECERS-R) and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). This publication provides a report of those observations.
Implementing Online Learning Labs in Schools and Districts
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.”
Innovate3: Girls Innovating With Technology As Entrepreneurial Environmental Engineers. Annual Report Year 2
Measuring How A College Education Lays The Foundation For “Thinking Like An Expert”
Introduction A college education has long been viewed as a way to improve students’ capacity to think critically and argue rationally. Yet cognitive psychologists and philosophers studying the development of general reasoning have found such skills to be profoundly shaped by the depth of students’ core content knowledge of the “big ideas” in different domains […]