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Osmundson, Ellen; Herman, Joan; Ringstaff, Cathy; Dai, Yunyun; Timms, Mike – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2012
A central challenge in efficacy studies centers on the issue of "fidelity of implementation," that is, the extent to which participants use the curriculum specified by curriculum developers. In this study, we describe and discuss a "fidelity of implementation" model using multiple methods and instruments to compare two versions of a science…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Curriculum Implementation, Science Curriculum, Teachers
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Herman, Joan; Osmundson, Ellen; Dai, Yunyun; Ringstaff, Cathy; Timms, Michael – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2015
This exploratory study of elementary school science examines questions central to policy, practice and research on formative assessment: What is the quality of teachers' content-pedagogical and assessment knowledge? What is the relationship between teacher knowledge and assessment practice? What is the relationship between teacher knowledge,…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Elementary School Science, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Herman, Joan; Osmundson, Ellen; Dai, Yunyun; Ringstaff, Cathy; Timms, Mike – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
Drawing from a large efficacy study in upper elementary science, this report had three purposes: First to examine the quality of teachers' content-pedagogical knowledge in upper elementary science; second, to analyze the relationship between teacher knowledge and their assessment practice; and third, to study the relationship between teacher…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Elementary School Science, Teacher Characteristics, Formative Evaluation