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• catalog abstract "In our increasingly technological society, improving students' performance in mathematics and science has become a critical challenge. During the 1990s, the National Science Foundation funded a series of Systemic Initiatives designed to change the way these subjects are being taught in schools throughout the country. These initiatives sought to align all aspects of the educational system in support of ambitious curriculum and performance standards, with particular emphasis on teacher training and professional development to promote effective changes in instructional practice. States, urban school districts, and consortia designed programs to implement reforms that were consistent with NSF's goals, and in 1996, RAND undertook a study to investigate the relationships between student achievement in mathematics and science and the use of these new instructional practices. The authors examined six sites that were implementing systemic reforms during the 1996-97 school year, and a similar set of sites during the 1997-98 school year. This report presents the results of theiranalysis of data from the first year of the study. The findings provide some (albeit weak) support for the hypothesis that the reform instructional practices are associated with improved student achievement in both mathematics and science. However, as with most large-scale field studies, there are many factors that may have artificially increased or. Decreased the observed effect sizes. Nevertheless, the consistency of the results across sites is encouraging. Data from the second year of the study will provide additional evidence to aid in the interpretation of these findings.".
• catalog alternative "Report of first-year findings from the "Mosaic" study of initiatives in mathematics and science".
• catalog alternative "Report of first-year findings from the "Mosaic" study of systemic initiatives in mathematics and science".
• catalog contributor b11813829.
• catalog contributor b11813830.
• catalog contributor b11813831.
• catalog contributor b11813832.
• catalog created "c2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "c2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
• catalog description "Chapter One -- Introduction -- The Systemic Initiatives Program -- Earlier Evaluations of Systemic Initiatives -- Evidence of Relationships Between Teaching Practices and Achievement -- Measuring Student Achievement -- Overview of the Mosaic Project -- Chapter Two -- Methods -- Site Selection -- School, Subject, and Grade-Level Selection -- Data Collection -- Student Achievement Data -- Teacher Questionnaires -- Demographic Data -- Participation Rates -- Analysis -- Chapter Three -- First-Year Results -- Distributions of Teaching Practices -- Relationships between Teaching Practices and Student Achievement -- Alternative Formulations for Site Models -- Differences Between Test Formats -- Study Limitations -- Chapter Four -- Discussion -- Summary of Year 1 Findings -- Plans for Future Data Collection and Analysis.".
• catalog description "Decreased the observed effect sizes. Nevertheless, the consistency of the results across sites is encouraging. Data from the second year of the study will provide additional evidence to aid in the interpretation of these findings.".
• catalog description "In our increasingly technological society, improving students' performance in mathematics and science has become a critical challenge. During the 1990s, the National Science Foundation funded a series of Systemic Initiatives designed to change the way these subjects are being taught in schools throughout the country. These initiatives sought to align all aspects of the educational system in support of ambitious curriculum and performance standards, with particular emphasis on teacher training and professional development to promote effective changes in instructional practice. States, urban school districts, and consortia designed programs to implement reforms that were consistent with NSF's goals, and in 1996, RAND undertook a study to investigate the relationships between student achievement in mathematics and science and the use of these new instructional practices. The authors examined six sites that were implementing systemic reforms during the 1996-97 school year, and a similar set of sites during the 1997-98 school year. This report presents the results of theiranalysis of data from the first year of the study. The findings provide some (albeit weak) support for the hypothesis that the reform instructional practices are associated with improved student achievement in both mathematics and science. However, as with most large-scale field studies, there are many factors that may have artificially increased or.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-84).".
• catalog extent "xv, 84 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0833028790".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "c2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "371.102 21".
• catalog subject "Academic achievement United States.".
• catalog subject "Educational change United States.".
• catalog subject "Effective teaching United States.".
• catalog subject "LB1025.3 .T4365 2000".
• catalog subject "Mathematics Study and teaching United States.".
• catalog subject "Science Study and teaching United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Chapter One -- Introduction -- The Systemic Initiatives Program -- Earlier Evaluations of Systemic Initiatives -- Evidence of Relationships Between Teaching Practices and Achievement -- Measuring Student Achievement -- Overview of the Mosaic Project -- Chapter Two -- Methods -- Site Selection -- School, Subject, and Grade-Level Selection -- Data Collection -- Student Achievement Data -- Teacher Questionnaires -- Demographic Data -- Participation Rates -- Analysis -- Chapter Three -- First-Year Results -- Distributions of Teaching Practices -- Relationships between Teaching Practices and Student Achievement -- Alternative Formulations for Site Models -- Differences Between Test Formats -- Study Limitations -- Chapter Four -- Discussion -- Summary of Year 1 Findings -- Plans for Future Data Collection and Analysis.".
• catalog title "Report of first-year findings from the "Mosaic" study of initiatives in mathematics and science".
• catalog title "Report of first-year findings from the "Mosaic" study of systemic initiatives in mathematics and science".
• catalog title "Teaching practices and student achievement : report of first-year findings from the "Mosaic" study of systemic initiatives in mathematics and science / Stephen Klein ... [et al.].".
• catalog type "text".