- Activities other than Summer Institutes only or Summer Institutes with follow up activities
- All projects that do not provide a Summer Institute, as defined by the MSP program, or a summer institute with follow up. For example, training during the summer for a period less than 2 full time weeks and other school year activities should be categorized here.
- Core Content Teacher
- Core content teachers teach one or more of the core subjects in a general education setting. The term 'core academic subjects' means English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography.
- Departmentalized
- School organization in which subjects are taught by different teachers within each grade level.
- Distance learning networks
- Professional development model occurring over large geographical distances using electronic communication (e.g., e-mail, web-based discussion groups).
- External evaluator
- Evaluator completely outside of partnership institutions.
- GPRA Indicators
- The MSP Government Performance & Results Act (GPRA) indicators for Student Achievement are: 1) The percentage of students in classrooms of MSP teachers who score at the basic level or below in state assessments of mathematics or science, and 2) The percentage of students in classrooms of MSP teachers who score at the proficient level or above in state assessments of mathematics or science.
- High-Need School
- It is up to each state to define what is considered a "high-need" school for the MSP program.
- K-12 Institution
- K-12 institutions include local education agencies (LEAs), public charters, consortia of schools, etc.
- IHE
- Institution of higher education, such as a university or college.
- Impact
- Effectiveness attributable to the intervention (your professional development model).
- LEA
- Local educational agency.
- Lead organization
- Lead organization is defined as the Fiscal Agent. Private K-12 schools may not serve as the lead organization.
- Length of MSP Award
- The amount of time a project is funded before it must compete in a new competition.
- Matched comparison groups
- Units that are assigned to conditions, but by some method other than random assignment. Matched comparison group studies attempt to show equivalence between groups and/or adjust for any baseline differences to show causality.
- Multi-grade
- Schools that serve a combination of elementary, middle school, and/or high school students.
- Non-matched comparison groups
- Units are assigned to conditions, but by some method other than random assignment. Unmatched comparison groups do not attempt to show equivalence between groups and may or may not adjust for baseline differences.
- On-line course work
- Professional development model of college courses delivered over the Internet.
- On-site professional development activities
- These can include courses, workshops, coaching or any combination of these activities that take place in or near the schools of participating teachers.
- One-group design
- A one-group design only evaluates the effects on participants of the intervention. No comparison group is used.
- Partner Organization
- A partner of an MSP project including an institution of higher education (IHE), a local educational agency (LEA), a public or private school, a business, or a non-profit or for-profit organization working with the MSP to improve the quality of mathematics and science teachers.
- Qualitative/Descriptive evaluation design
- Qualitative designs describe activities and components, but do not examine relationships among components or look for effects.
- Random assignment design
- Units are randomly assigned to the experimental and control conditions. Units can include students, teachers, schools, etc .
- Regular, substantive involvement in MSP
- Involvement in MSP that constitutes important, major contribution to the design, development, and/or implementation of key aspects of your MSP program activities. The involvement need not be ongoing; the involvement can be for program administrative support as well as technical, instructive input. The involvement may also include persons who made short-term but significant contributions to your MSP activities.
- Total Contact Hours
- The number of total contact hours should reflect the number of hours an average participant received of direct professional development.
- Summer workshop or institute
- The term summer workshop or institute means a workshop or institute, conducted during the summer, that-
- is conducted for a period of not less than 2 full-time work weeks or the equivalent number of hours.
- includes, as a component, a program that provides direct interaction between students and faculty.
- Summer Institutes with additional or follow up activities
- In addition to offering a full Summer Institute, as defined above, these projects offer additional or follow-up activities that build on material presented at the Summer Institute.
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