Lesley University Center for Mathematics Achievement, 2006-2018

Lesley University' Center for Mathematics Achievement has collaborated with a wide range of Massachusetts school districts on a variety of professional development projects.  These projects vary from Master’s level courses in mathematics and the teaching of mathematics to leadership development, workshops and consultation. Evaluation designs centered on quantitative analysis of both teacher and student performance prior to and following the intervention components and qualitative analysis of the processes of professional development and the application of project interventions in classrooms.   See Selected Reports for more. 

Project Contact: Dr. Hilary Kreisberg, Director

Email: hkreisle@lesley.edu

STEM-Connect, a U.S. Department of Labor-funded program of the  University’s College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, develops  and provides versatile, hybrid on-line, and campus-based certificates  leading to careers in STEM-related fields. The programs are designed  specifically to offer new opportunities to non-traditional adult  learners, with priority to veterans and Trade Adjustment  Assistance-eligible workers.  Evaluation activities included an  implementation analysis using a combination of quantitative and  qualitative methods focused on three levels of evaluation  activity—formative, descriptive, and operational — and an  outcomes/impact analysis of project effects using a mixed-methods,  qualitative and quantitative approach.  See Selected Reports for more.
Project Contact: Luis Garcia, Ph.D., Director

Email:  luis.garcia@uvm.edu 

 The Vermont Mathematics Initiative, begun at the University of Vermont, has been a  statewide program for teacher development in mathematics since 2000.  In  2006 Dr. Meyers and colleagues at the Vermont Institutes conducted a  longitudinal, quasi-experimental evaluation of program effects.  They  found statistically significant and important gains in students’  mathematics performance from 2004 through 2010.  The evaluation of this  program in more than 40 Vermont school districts continued with annual  reports submitted to the U.S. Department of Education and the State of  Vermont.    See Selected Reports for more.
Project Contact: Dr. Judi Laird, Director

Email:  jlaird@burkevt.net

The UVM Noyce Scholars program, funded by the National Science Foundation, recruits and prepares STEM professionals, with an emphasis on the application of scientific, mathematical, and engineering thinking and practices, to become secondary STEM teachers. The project is a partnership among several programs at UVM, and regional high-need high schools. Noyce Scholars engage in year-long school-based internships, participate
in monthly seminars, learn about the importance of research and discovery in mathematics and science and ways to model these practices in their own teaching.  The project includes a longitudinal research study to investigate the impact of the program on recipients as teachers and teacher leaders their retention in the teaching profession, and the impact of the project on STEM and education faculty and programs at UVM.  See Selected Reports for more.
Project contact:  Dr. Regina Toolin, Director  

Email: Regina.Toolin@uvm.edu.