Professional development designed to integrate key features of research-based professional learning has positive and significant effects on teacher practice and student achievement in mathematics when implemented in schools that meet specified technology-readiness criteria. Key features of research-based professional learning include intensive…

This guide is the result of a 2-year initiative, Results-Based Staff Development for the Middle Grades. It provides information and resources for selecting, designing, and evaluating staff development to improve student achievement. It targets school staff development committees, principals, staff development leaders, and curriculum coordinators.…

The National Staff Development Council's Results-Based Staff Development for the Middle Grades Initiative searches for staff-development programs that succeed by tying staff development to student learning. This paper describes the initiative and explains how most programs fail to achieve this link. Four sidebars review various programs, most of…