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Download full textGerry, Gail; Corcoran, Tom – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2011
In the fall of 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded a three-year project proposed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) to demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the participation of minority students and students in poverty in its Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) in selected school districts in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Program Effectiveness, Minority Group Students, Public Schools
Daro, Phil; Mosher, Frederic A.; Corcoran, Tom – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2011
The concept of learning progressions offers one promising approach to developing the knowledge needed to define the "track" that students may be on, or should be on Learning progressions can inform teachers about what to expect from their students. They provide an empirical basis for choices about when to teach what to whom Learning progressions…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Educational Strategies
Learning Progressions in Science: An Evidence-Based Approach to Reform. CPRE Research Report # RR-63
Corcoran, Tom; Mosher, Frederic A.; Rogat, Aaron – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to describe the work that has been done so far on learning progressions in science, examine the challenges to developing usable learning progressions, determine if further investments are warranted, and if so, what investments are needed to realize their promised benefits. The report examines the quality and utility…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Research Reports, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement
Corcoran, Tom; Lawrence, Nancy – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2003
In 1993, Merck & Co., Inc. began an endeavor to make a significant and visible commitment to improving science education by creating the Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) and supported the new venture with a 10-year, $20-million financial commitment. From its inception, MISE had two goals: to raise the interest, participation, and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Public Schools, Instructional Improvement, Administrators
Getting It Right: The MISE Approach to Professional Development. CPRE Research Report Series. RR-055
Corcoran, Tom; McVay, Siobhan; Riordan, Kate – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2003
The Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) was founded in 1993 to demonstrate that virtually all students could reach high levels of scientific literacy. MISE formed partnerships with four public school districts where Merck has major facilities and a history of providing employee volunteers and supporting local science education…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Science Education, Scientific Literacy
Corcoran, Tom – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2003
This issue of CPRE Policy Briefs looks at findings from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education's (CPRE) study of how central office and school staff in three urban districts made decisions about instructional improvement strategies, and how much weight they gave to evidence. The three districts, in three different states, had enrollments…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Restructuring, Instructional Improvement, Change Strategies
