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An Empirical Investigation of Professional Development Effects on Literacy Instruction Using Daily Logs
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Correnti, Richard – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2007
The author examined the effects of professional development (PD) on literacy instruction using 75,689 lessons from 1,945 classrooms in 112 schools participating in the Study of Instructional Improvement. Stratifying over 94 pretreatment covariates, including prior instruction, the results revealed the importance of PD as a lever for changing…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Literacy, Professional Development, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Program Evaluation for Policy-Setting.
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Wehmeyer, Lillian B. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
The evaluation design described was used to aid the governing board to reach a policy decision about expanding the California Early Childhood Education program (renamed the School Improvement Program) in the Lafayette School District. Descriptions of procedures, question formats, audiences involved, and results are included. (MH)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education, Educational Planning
Chapter 1 Program Improvement: Cause for Cautious Optimism and a Call for Much More Research.
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Stringfield, Sam; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
To determine local educators' responses to being targeted for program improvement, questionnaires were sent to principals of all schools identified for Chapter 1 improvement in three states. Approximately 104 (84 percent) of the responding schools supported the legislative provisions for improvement and could focus on the issues of improvement.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged