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Barry, Carol; Cooney, Siobhan; Laitusis, Vytas; Matos-Elefonte, Haifa; McKillip, Mary; Merriman, Jennifer; Niu, Sunny; Smith, Kara – College Board, 2013
This annotated bibliography contains summaries of research studies examining a number of College Board assessments and programs. To be included in the bibliography, each study needed to meet a number of criteria. First, articles must have been published (as a College Board research report, in an external journal, or as an ETS research report).…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, Advanced Placement Programs
Barry, Carol; Bausmith, Jennifer; Cooney, Siobhan; Laitusis, Vytas; Matos-Elefonte, Haifa; McKillip, Mary; Niu, Sunny; Rawls, Anita – College Board, 2012
This annotated bibliography contains summaries of research studies examining a number of College Board assessments and programs. To be included in the bibliography, each study needed to meet a number of criteria. First, articles must have been published (as a College Board research report, in an external journal, or as an ETS research report).…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, Faculty Development
Bausmith, Jennifer Merriman; Laitusis, Vytas – College Board, 2012
The AP Achievement Institute I (APAI I) is a four-day professional development program offered to teachers and administrators by EXCELerator™, a district reform program operated by the College Board. The APAI I program is designed to help teachers develop effective AP instructional strategies for a diverse student body and to help district,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Faculty Development, Educational Change, School Districts
Patterson, Brian; Laitusis, Vytas – College Board, 2006
Continuing professional development is an important activity for most teachers in the K-12 system, and it is even required of some teachers in order to maintain certification (Maldonado, 2002). Professional development programs are predicated on the assumption that the teachers who receive the training will in turn positively affect student…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness, College Entrance Examinations
Laitusis, Vytas – College Board, 2012
The overarching purpose behind this evaluation was to gauge the impact of AP professional development (PD) on AP student outcomes in a state with a significant rate of PD implementation. The evaluation attempted to predict the level of student AP performance by the number of AP professional development events attended by teachers in that school in…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement, Prediction
Laitusis, Vytas; Barry, Carol – College Board, 2012
This study evaluated the effect of a pilot Pre-AP® Science Vertical Team Summer Institute on teacher practices and perceptions of the program. The overarching goals of the Vertical Teams Institute were focused on the tools needed to build or strengthen an AP® Vertical Team and to align science curriculum across grade levels. The evaluation also…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness
Laitusis, Vytas – College Board, 2012
The overarching purpose behind this evaluation was to gauge the impact of AP® professional development (PD) on AP student outcomes in a state with a significant rate of PD implementation. The evaluation attempted to predict the level of student AP performance by the number of AP professional development events attended by teachers in that school…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement, Prediction