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Hannah E. Luce; Kristin M. Villanueva – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2023
This grounded theory study seeks to 1) understand what barriers North Carolina kindergarten teachers experience as they implement a new authentic formative assessment, the North Carolina Early Learning Inventory (NC ELI), and 2) identify factors that increase implementation fidelity with the new measure. Data were collected from 10 teachers, from…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Fidelity, Teaching Methods, Grounded Theory
Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2018
This report contains reliability and validity evidence for the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessment system (KEA) using a statewide sample of kindergarten children. The KEA was designed as a formative, developmental, authentic, and criterion referenced classroom resource for teachers. As a formative assessment, the KEA focuses on the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Formative Evaluation
Baddouh, Priscila; Lambert, Richard – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2015
Teaching is a demanding career in which 30% of teachers leave the profession in the first five years, and the turnover rate may be as high as 50% for teachers who start their career in urban schools. First 3 is an induction program that aims to help beginning teachers, in their first three years in the career, to learn what they need to excel.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Wang, Chuang; Zuo, Huifang; Martin, Christie; McGee, Jennifer; Lambert, Richard – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2014
This is a summative report based on Year Three data from the MSP Grant Project entitled, "Content Development for Investigations" (CoDE:I). The purpose of the MSP grant program was to develop standards-based elementary mathematics teachers by giving teachers the tools to teach with a new standards-based mathematics curriculum,…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Grants, Academic Standards, Elementary School Teachers
Baddouh, Priscila G.; Lambert, Richard – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2014
First 3 is a support program for beginning teachers, who are in their first three years in the teaching career, and undergraduate students. First 3 starts with a Summer Institute in August and offers seminars and workshops through the year. The program offers an opportunity for teachers to be part of a learning community, share their experiences,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Beginning Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Workshops
Baddouh, Priscila G.; Lambert, Richard – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2013
High turnover rates affect diverse professional areas. Recruiting and training new employees is costly for profit and non-profit organizations. Teacher induction programs provide the emotional and professional support that beginning teachers need in the transitory phase from being a student at a university to being a teacher in a classroom. To…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness