Teachers for a New Era Teacher

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Teachers for a New Era Teacher Pupil
Assessment Phase II

• Numeracy and Literacy in Grades 2-8
• Scott W. Brown, Ph.D.
• Teachers for a New Era Project
• University of Connecticut

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Teacher Pupil Assessment Phase II Numeracy
and Literacy

• Planning October April 2006
• Larger scale
• Multiple years (3 years)
• Multiple sites
• Elementary and Middle schools in Connecticut
• Grades 2 - 8
• Partnership Grants
• School districts
• Connecticut State Department of Education

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Research Questions

• RQ 1
• Is there a difference in pupil achievement among
  teachers with specific characteristics
• Degree program 4yr v 5yr
• BA/BS v. MA
• Experience Years teaching
• Alternate certification
• Late deciders

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Research Questions

• RQ 2
• What is the impact of multiple Neag Teachers on
  pupil learning?
• By grade levels
• By area
• Literacy and Numeracy
• RQ 3
• What are the impacts of Neag v. non Neag Teachers
  on special populations?
• Special education pupils
• Minority pupils
• English language learners

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Measures - Pupils

• Connecticut Mastery Tests
• Self efficacy
• Academic tasks
• Reading
• Numeracy
• Pupil products / artifacts

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Measures Teachers

• Program
• Neag / Other / ARC
• Course preparation
• of courses in
• literacy
• Math
• Science
• Special ed
• ELL
• Multicultural issues
• Experience
• Years teaching
• Years teaching this specific grade

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Measures Teachers cont

• Demographics
• Education
• Self efficacy
• Teaching
• Reading
• Math
• Special populations
• Classroom management

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Analysis Plan

• Predicting pupil performance
• Value Added Models
• Growth Curve Analyses
• Measuring group differences
• - pupils
• - teachers

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Implications

• Teacher preparation
• NCATE requirements of pupil impact
• Curriculum modifications for
• Pupils
• Preservice teachers
• Inservice teachers
• Data fields for a state-wide database system
• Model development
• Supported by evidence
• Replicable