On Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness Judging the Quality of K-12 Mathematics Evaluations (2004) / Chapter Skim
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1 The Challenge and the Charge
1 The Challenge and the Charge
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Consequently, state and local decision makers need valid, informative, credible, and cost-efficient evaluation data on curricula effectiveness to assist them in the interpretation and use of these data. National-level policy makers and agencies and commercial publishers that support the development of curricula also must be assured that the funds expended for such purposes result in development of curricula and associated resources that demonstrably enhance learning.
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These standards were viewed as a promising new approach for translating and infusing research results into classroom practice across the United States. Although each NSF-supported curriculum underwent individual evaluations, little emphasis was placed on reaching consensus about the particular aspects of the curricula to be analyzed or methods to be used.
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. The impetus for ways to examine effectiveness of curricular reform was intensified with release of the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress report, known as the Nation's Report Card, which showed significant improvements in mathematics achievement as reading scores remained constant.
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This law specifies that all educational programs should demonstrate effectiveness based on "scientifically based research." Publishers, decision makers, and researchers are now seeking clear guidelines to determine whether their curriculum development programs meet this standard. Guidelines must be designed that are informed by and built on the state of evaluation data currently available.
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Our charge was amended to include evaluation data on the effectiveness of six sets of commercially generated mathematics materials. This expanded scope anticipated that methods of evaluation and data thus derived from commercially generated materials might differ from the methods used to evaluate the NSF-supported curriculum materials.
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Thus, our efforts address the intended curriculum and the enacted curriculum.1 Finally, undertaking these studies within a scientific approach to educational research requires the clear articulation of the tenets that underlie evaluations of curricula effectiveness. REPORT LAYOUT Chapter 2 begins with a discussion of the methods used to collect relevant evaluation studies.
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THE CHALLENGE AND THE CHARGE 17 into categories for further examination. Discussions of each of these categories, together with the refined methodology, appear in three chapters: Chapter 4 details content analysis studies, Chapter 5 details comparative studies, and Chapter 6 details case and synthesis studies.
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