MSP Evaluation Summit: Evidence-Based Findings from MSPs
Sept. 15-16, 2005

A two-day evaluation, research reporting, and technical assistance conference was held at the Radisson Hotel Metrodome in Minneapolis on September 15-16, 2005, for MSP evaluators, researchers, and principal investigators to report early findings from their work. The first cohort of the National Science Foundation Mathematics and Science Partnerships is in its third year. The evaluators of these MSPs have been developing and implementing research designs, evaluating implementation and outcomes, collecting evidence, and drawing findings from their efforts. Evaluators of the newer MSPs are moving forward along this process. RETA researchers are well immersed in studying significant design, implementation, and evaluation questions. This summit conference provided an opportunity for evaluators, researchers, and STEM faculty to showcase their work and to engage in dialogue on key issues related to evaluating MSPs.

Summary of the 2005 MSP Evaluation Summit

Full description of the 2005 Evaluation Summit

Papers presented at this conference:

• Teacher Change in High School Science: Findings from the First Three Years of the Vertically Integrated Partnerships (VIP) K-16
  K. Raue, J. Frechtling, X. Zhang, WESTAT, and G. Hedges, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, VIP K-16 MSP


• Finding Value and Meaning in the Concept of Partnership
  G. Kingsley, M. Waschak, Georgia Institute of Technology, Alternative Approaches to Evaluating STEM Education Partnerships RETA


• Evidence-Based Design from the Mathematical ACTS MSP Project at the University of California-Riverside
  Kathleen Bocian, Rosalie T. Torres, Michael Bryant, Kimberly Hammond, University of California-Riverside, Math ACTS MSP


• Using Evidence from Teachers' Online Instructional Learning Logs in Evaluation and Decision-Making in a Math and Science Partnership
  Daniel J. Heck, Murray E. Wickwire, John LaMaster, Horizon Research, Inc. and Indiana University, IU-IMI MSP


• Using Formative Evidence And Formal Collaboration To Evaluate And Improve The Efficacy Of An MSP/RETA Project
  Jay Labov, Janet Garton, Nancy Shapiro, Patricia Maloney, The National Research Council and The University System of Maryland, Facilitating MSPs RETA


• MSPnet: Nested Communities Interacting Online
  Joni Falk, Brian Drayton, Soo-Young Lee, TERC, MSPnet RETA


• Integrating Curriculum Guides, Quarterly Benchmark Assessments, and Professional Development to Improve Student Learning in Mathematics
  Karajean Hyde, Virginia Mann, Carlos Manrique, Therese Shanahan, UC-Irvine, FOCUS MSP


• Evaluating New versus Mature Partnerships: How Evaluation Questions May Change Based on Partnership Longevity
  Amber Winkler, Joy Frechtling, WESTAT, FOCUS MSP


• Assessing the Quality and Quantity of Student Discourse in Mathematics Classrooms
  Dave Weaver, Tom Dick, Nicole Miller Rigelman and RMC Research Corporation, Oregon State University, George Fox University, Oregon Mathematics Leadership Institute Partnership


• Leading and Planning a Professional Development Program
  C. Copolo, TASC MSP, Duke University


• Using Data to "Make a Case" for Mathematics Reform within a K-12 District
  B. Sayler, J. Apaza, M. Austin, Black Hills State University and Technology & Innovation in Education, PRIME MSP


• Measuring the Effect of the Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership on Student Achievement
  Cindy M. Walker, Jacqueline Gosz, and DeAnn Huinker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee MSP


• Beyond Achievement: Motivation-related Evidence from a Partnership Between a Targeted Project (TASEL-M) and a RETA (MSP-MAP)
  AnneMarie M. Conley, Stuart Karabenick, Juliane Blazevski, Jeanne Friedel, David Pagni, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and California State University-Fullerton, TASEL-M and MSP-MAP MSP Projects