ASSESSMENT

Track 1 | Track 2

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The Track 1 program will be monitored by:

• Content pre- and post-tests on all Eisenhower workshops
• A written instrument that will obtain the following data from all Eisenhower teachers
• Number of Eisenhower lessons implemented in the classroom
• Number of students receiving the Eisenhower lessons
• Number of these students who are underrepresented
• Dollar amount of resources provided by school or district for classroom implementation of Eisenhower lessons
• Number of colleagues in-serviced by Eisenhower teachers
• Number of students in classes of colleagues receiving Eisenhower lessons
• Number of these students who are underrepresented
• Number of Eisenhower lessons implemented in colleague classes
• Number of hours spent in-servicing colleagues
• Cost of resources provided by school or district for colleague in-servicing
• Examples of student work from Eisenhower teachers and colleague classes. The types of student work sampled will depend on the specific lessons and will include:
  • laboratory notebooks
  • student reports
  • student-produced posters and charts used in student reports to the class
  • video tapes of oral projects
  • exam results
• Supervision reports by staff on observing teachers practice the Eisenhower lessons
• Staff reports on classroom and in-service visitations
• Input from the teacher leaders as to what they think is working well in their classrooms

FORMATIVE MONITORING AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
Track 1 Program. Because this is a year-round program, if the data show problems in any program area, immediate intervention will occur to make improvements. For example, if staff find that specific teachers are having trouble in their practice sessions, in the classroom or during in-service workshops, those teachers will receive special added training and tutoring. If an individual teacher is found to do poorly on the content post-tests, that teacher will be tutored by staff in the areas of weakness. Formative monitoring results will be discussed with the Eisenhower Advisory Committee to help develop any needed intervention strategies.

Track 1 Program. Because this is a year-round program, if the data show problems in any program area, immediate intervention will occur to make improvements. For example, if staff find that specific teachers are having trouble in their practice sessions, in the classroom or during in-service workshops, those teachers will receive special added training and tutoring. If an individual teacher is found to do poorly on the content post-tests, that teacher will be tutored by staff in the areas of weakness. Formative monitoring results will be discussed with the Eisenhower Advisory Committee to help develop any needed intervention strategies.

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The Track 2 Program will be monitored by:

• Weekly reports to project staff on teacher progress by scientist research mentors (including
  certified time logs indicating research hours completed by teachers)
• Student work in classes of Eisenhower teachers reviewed by staff
• Publication of student projects in the Journal of Student Research Abstracts by students in the
  classes of Eisenhower teachers
• Results of an instrument that will obtain the following data:
  • Number of students doing research in classes of Eisenhower teachers
    
  • Number of these students who are underrepresented
  • Number of students from Eisenhower classes who publish their research
  • Number of these students who are underrepresented
    

FORMATIVE MONITORING AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES

In the Track 2 Program, staff will consult with the scientist mentors and teachers to iron out any difficulties reported. Project staff will monitor student research by examining student notebooks provided at regular intervals by the teachers, and staff will visit classes while students are engaged in research on a regular basis. If problems are encountered where teachers are having difficulty in some aspect of student research training, staff will provide individual assistance to resolve the problems.

Like the formative monitoring of the Track 1 program cited above, formative monitoring results in the Track 2 program will be discussed at Eisenhower Advisory Committee meetings to help develop any needed intervention strategies.