Longitudinal Design to Measure Effects of MSP Professional Development in Improving Quality of Instruction in Mathematics and Science Education

CCSSO成立了一个由威斯康星州教育研究中心（WCER）和美国研究所（AIR）组成的合作研究小组，调查多个地点的专业发展计划和活动（大约5个地区参与MSP）可以使用一套共同的基于研究的措施进行评估，以及如何使用调查方法来评估专业发展对改善数学和科学教学的影响。 该项目将对640名中学教师进行调查，了解他们教什么和如何教。具体而言，这项研究将解决以下研究问题。1)MSP活动支持的专业发展质量在多大程度上符合基于研究的质量定义？2)教师的专业发展经验对数学和科学课程的教学实践和内容有什么影响？ 高质量的专业发展活动是否比低质量的活动更有可能提高内容与国家标准和评估的一致性？ 3)MSP项目如何使用研究结果来改善专业发展以及数学和科学课程的内容和教学？

CCSSO has established a collaborative research team involving Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and American Institutes for Research (AIR) to investigate how professional development programs and activities in multiple sites (approximately 5 districts participating in MSP) can be evaluated using a common set of research-based measures, and how a survey methodology can be used to evaluate the effects of professional development in improving instruction in mathematics and science. The project will survey 640 middle school teachers about what and how they teach. Specifically, the study will address the following research questions. 1) To what extent is the quality of the professional development supported by MSP activities consistent with a research-based definition of quality?2) What effects do teachers' professional development experiences have on instructional practices and content taught in math and science classes? Are high-quality professional development activities more likely than lower-quality activities to increase the alignment of content with state standards and assessments? 3) How can MSP projects use study findings to improve professional development and the content and instruction of mathematics and science classes?