TeacherPotentialProject

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Welcome!

Agenda: • Introductions – Who is EL Education and who is

Mathematica Policy Research?

• Overview of the Teacher Potential Project and Research Elements

• Hosted Rotations • Making Connections to YOUR work• Synthesis and Questions

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WhoareELEducationandMathematicaPolicyResearch?

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WhoWeAre(continued)

• Mathematica Policy Research is a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving public well-being.

• Our experts conduct policy research, data collection, and data analytics that meet the highest standards of quality and objectivity, working with decision makers across the public and private sectors.

• Serving federal agencies, state and local governments, foundations, universities, professional associations, and businesses, our studies have yielded information to guide decisions in wide-ranging policy areas, from education, early childhood, family support to nutrition, health, employment, disability, international development, environment, and criminal justice.

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OverviewoftheTeacherPotentialProject

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ELEducationSupportingStudentAchievementandEducatorEffectiveness

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AnOpenEducationalResourceForTeachers,byTeachers

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www.commoncoresuccess.eleducation.org

OverviewoftheEvaluationStudy:Purposes

• To gauge the degree of program implementation: To what degree are teachers in treatment schools (novice ELA teachers and all ELA teachers) participating in key components of the TPP?

• To gauge impacts on teacher practices: Has participating in the TPP helped novice teachers implement CCSS-aligned practices more than novice teachers in control schools?

• To gauge impacts on student learning: Has participating in the TPP helped students of novice teachers perform better on state ELA assessments and the study-designed literacy task than students in control schools?

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SpecificsoftheEvaluationStudy

• Our evaluation partner: Mathematica Policy Research• Program evaluation is based on data from both treatment and

control schools on:

– Two online teacher surveys– Two non-evaluative classroom observations conducted by

Mathematica Policy Research (fall / spring)– Teacher and student demographics provided by districts– Student scores on state ELA assessments provided by

districts – Student scores on a literacy task (in novice teacher

classrooms only)

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HostedRotations

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LessonsLearned• Opportunity to hear lessons learned around three specific

aspects of our grant collaboration:

– Program and District Partnerships

– Study Design and Redesign

– Project Management and Collaboration

• 12 minutes per table; hosts will rotate

MakingConnectionstoYOURWork

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What resonates in your work? What questions emerge?

● Find a partner or trio (from your organization, if present; from another, if not)

● Using questions on note catcher handout, discuss the following:○ What lessons learned stick with you? Resonate? Excite you?○ What questions emerge for you in your own work now that

you’ve explored our lessons learned?

MakingConnections

SynthesisandClosing

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ChristinaLesh,RegionalDirector,NY/NJclesh@ELEducation.org

MegRiordan,Ph.D.,ProjectDirector-TeacherPotentialProjectmriordan@ElEducation.org

ScottRichman,Ph.D.,SurveyResearcherMathematicaPolicyResearchsrichman@mathematica-mpr.com

SarahDolfin,Ph.D.,SeniorResearcherMathematicaPolicyResearchsdolfin@mathematica-mpr.com

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