This short paper highlights how select California State University (CSU) campuses participating in the Bechtel-funded New Generation of Educators Initiative (NGEI) identify and use rubrics to prepare effective teachers and supporting ongoing improvement of preparation programs.
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Examining Teacher Preparation Program Feedback from CSU Systemwide Survey Data: Using the CTQ Completer Survey to Support Data-Driven Continuous Improvement
This report provides background on the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) Completer Survey, describing how California State University (CSU) grantees of the New Generation of Educators (NGEI) initiative can use data from the Survey strategically to support certain data-driven program reform efforts.
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 (CSU) grantees participating in the New Generation of Educators Initiative (NGEI). The report summarizes the five areas emphasized by the Bechtel Foundation for teacher education reform occurring as part of the program.
Issue Brief: Student Support Teams
The brief describes the use of student support teams as a dropout prevention strategy based on a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 U.S. public high schools. Teams include a group of high school staff dedicated to identifying and supporting students who exhibit academic and behavioral problems by providing early systematic assistance to students and to connect them to appropriate interventions and supports. Student support teams can be used to provide support to specific students who are struggling in school, or they can be implemented as a schoolwide strategy for all students.
Independent Evaluation of the Midwest CPC Expansion Project: Final Report
Funded by an i3 validation grant from the U.S. Department of Education, SRI conducted an independent evaluation of the Midwest Expansion of the Child-Parent Center (CPC) Program using a quasi-experimental design. Findings include strong implementation of CPC model components but very few differences on children’s school readiness skills.
Funded by an Investing in Innovation (i3) validation grant from the U.S. Department of Education, SRI conducted an independent evaluation of the Midwest Expansion of the Child-Parent Center (CPC) Program using a quasi-experimental design. The University of Minnesota, collaborating with four school districts, implemented a revised version of the CPC program. SRI’s evaluation documented implementation of the six program components across the schools in four districts. Overall, the findings demonstrate that most CPC schools implemented the CPC model with good fidelity in the first 2 years. When researchers compared kindergarten outcomes of students in CPC schools to students in comparison schools, they found a consistent positive outcome of the CPC program model on students’ early literacy as measured by standardized assessments. No other significant effects were found at kindergarten entry. Unfortunately, the evaluation team was not able to assess the model’s impact on longer term outcomes of students in second and third grade.
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 grantees’ approaches to improving clinical practice.
Evaluation for Minnesota’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Funds to Promote Access to High-Quality Programs: Year 3 Final Scholarship Implementation Annual Report
This is the final annual report on the evaluation of Minnesota’s Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) focusing on the Race to the Top – Early Learning Scholarships.
Findings for Itasca County: Evaluation of Minnesota’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Access Strategies: Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives summary for Years 1–3
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.
Validity of the data from the child outcomes summary process: Findings from the ENHANCE Project
This brief describes findings from the ENHANCE study that sought to answer the question of whether the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) process produces valid ratings for measuring the child outcomes achieved through early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE) programs.