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IES Evaluations and Data Collection Instruments
Lauren Angelo National Center for Education Evaluation
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Sally Atkins-BurnettMathematica Policy Research (MPR)
Today’s Presentation
• NCEE Studies that Involve Mathematics
• Developing Criteria for Choosing an Instrument
• Assessing Teacher Knowledge in the NCEE Math PD
Study
• Assessing Student Achievement in the NCEE Math PD
Study
• Assessing Classroom Practice in the NCEE Math
Curricula Study
NCEE Studies that Include Mathematics
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Impact Evaluation of a Professional Development Model in Math
Impact Evaluation of Math Curricula
Impact Evaluation of Education Technology
Impact Evaluation of Academic Instruction for After-School Programs
Program Selection and Design for an Evaluation of the Impact of Academically Focused Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Evaluation of Promising “Boost Up” Math Programs
The Impact of a Professional Development Model in Math
Research Question: What is the impact on teacher knowledge, teacher practice, and student achievement of providing 7th grade teachers with intensive professional development that focuses on common student misconceptions in the areas of fractions, decimals, ratio, and proportion?
Intervention: A professional development intervention consisting of a three-day summer institute, five one-day seminars held during the school year, and 10 days of intensive in-school coaching. Targeted approach focused on foundational math concepts and strategies for improving instruction.
Design: School-level randomized trial, 16 districts (8 schools per district), approximately 200 7th grade teachers
Schedule: August 2005-2010; Currently preparing for implementation and data collection
Math PD
Content Knowledge
Pedagogical Content
Knowledge
InstructionStudent
Achievement
The Impact of a Professional Development Model in Math
NCEE Math PD Teacher Knowledge Test
General Instrument Criteria• Content Coverage• Adequate Psychometrics
• Reliability and Validity• Test Properties• Administration Considerations
NCEE Math PD Teacher Knowledge Test Criteria• Adequate and even rational number coverage• Math – Common Content Knowledge (CCK)• Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)• Sensitive to growth for our population of teachers• 30- to 40-minute administration • 3 Parallel forms
Purpose: Assess teacher knowledge of math content and pedagogy
NCEE Math PD Teacher Knowledge TestItem Development and Review • Fit the framework• Accurate content• Appropriate for population• Standards of good items (one correct answer, appropriate and plausible distracters)
Piloting• Item difficulty• Biserial correlations• Distracter analysis
NCEE Math PD Teacher Knowledge Test Framework
Key Math Areas
CCK
PCK*
Total
Fractions and Decimals
6
6
12
Ratios, Proportions, and
Percents
6
6
12
12
12
24
Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) *
Planning Instruction
Assessing Understanding
Delivering Instruction
Current Status: Piloting
Data Collection: To be Completed Spring 2009
NCEE MATH PD Student Achievement Test Criteria• Ample coverage of rational number content across various difficulty levels for students in study• Sensitive to growth• Multiple forms, machine scoring, 40 minutes or less
NCEE Math PD Student Achievement TestPurpose: Assess student math achievement in rational number content that could assess growth
General Instrument Criteria• Content Coverage• Adequate Psychometrics
• Reliability and Validity• Test Properties• Administration Considerations
Chose to Use Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress in Mathematics
• Item bank• Rational number content• Adaptive test• Computer administered
Customization/Development:• Customization to specific parameters• Items supplemented to ensure coverage across difficulty levels for
each content area
NCEE Math PD Study Student Achievement Test
Current Status: Inclusion of new items
Data Collection: To begin this fall
Evaluation of Math Curricula
Research Question: What is the relative effectiveness of different math curricula on student achievement in early elementary school? Under what condition is each curriculum most effective? What is the relationship between teacher knowledge of math content and pedagogy and the effectiveness of math curricula?
Intervention: 4 math curricula for elementary school students (grade 1 and 2)
Design: Randomized trial, schools are randomly assigned to one of the four curricula (Investigations in Number, Data, and Space (PSF); Math Expressions (HM); Saxon Math (HA); Scott Foresman-Addison Welsey (PSF))
Schedule: September 2005-2009 with an optional year; Curricula currently being implemented (2006-2007) in first-grade classrooms; next year curricula will be implemented in both first and second grades.