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External Evaluation

The American Institutes of Research will be conducting an external evaluation of the project as required by SEED regulations. The research project will be implemented as a field trial. Schools who sign up for participation are vetted for eligibility. Eligible schools are randomly selected for participation and randomly assigned  to treatment or control groups.

​Schools Assigned to Treatment:
 
  • Participate in two years of professional development in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years.
Schools Assigned to Control:
  • Continue typical practice during 2019 - 2021 and submit data to the project which will serve as a comparison for treatment schools.
  • Participate in two years of professional development in 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years.
  • Control school participation in the project is contingent upon approval of a two-year grant extension by the federal Department of Education.
This approach allows us to build rigorous evidence on the impacts of the project while also ultimately delivering the professional development to all participating schools.

Timeline

Year 1: 2018-2019Year 2: 2019-2020Year 3: 2020-2021Year 4: 2021-2022Year 5: 2022-2023
Sept 2018 - May 2019 Recruitment and Planning Sept 2019 - Aug 2020Sept 2020 - Aug 2021Sept 2021 - Aug 2022Sept 2022 - June 2023
June 2019 - Aug 2019 Treatment Implementation Meetings & KickoffsTreatment Year 1Treatment Year 2Control Year 1Control Year 2
June 2021 - Aug 2021 Control Implementation Meetings & Kickoffs

Data Collection

Data Collection for Treatment and Control Schools
  • Student and teacher extant data
  • Student and teacher surveys
  • Student state test scores
  • Classroom observations (Once per year for randomly selected teachers. Not all teachers will be observed.)
  • Interviews with teachers, affiliate trainers and principals (treatment only)
  • School case studies (treatment only)
  • All data will be kept confidential

Important Notice - While individual and district project participation and data submission is strictly voluntary and participants may withdraw from the project at anytime, attrition could negatively affect the impact results of the study. Therefore, we strongly encourage involvement of all stakeholders including affiliate trainers, principals and teachers to make an informed decision before submitting an agreement to participate.

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  • About the Project
    • Project Overview
    • District Planning
    • Implementation Details
    • External Evaluation
    • Participating Schools
    • Control Schools
    • Implementation Teams
  • Programs
    • Teachers
    • Administrators
    • Affiliate Trainers
  • Resources
    • Meeting Recordings/Slides
    • Stakeholder Resources
    • Technology
    • Technology Support
    • Fiscal
    • Communication >
      • In the News
  • About eMINTS
    • Project Personnel
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