K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11 Improving Teacher Knowledge and Student Performance through Synergistic Partnering Karen Cerwin K-12 Alliance/WestEd Kevin Erickson Project Director Terry Vendlinski, UCLA CREST Evaluation Team Welcome

Success in Understanding Math (CAMSP) Partners Coachella Valley Unified School District College of the Desert Community College California State University, San Bernardino WestEd/K-12 Alliance Technical Assistance Terry Vindlinski K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11

DISTRICT CONTEXT 92 % ESL 87% Free and Reduced Lunch 60 grades 3-Algebra Treatment teachers (4 math majors) Comparison teachers completed LMT as part of end of year check-out K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11

Anecdotal Observations of Secondary Context Teacher self-selection included majority of teachers with less than 4 years of experience (secondary) Teaching assignment practices place newer teachers in highest need classes. Students were randomly assigned treatment or control. During year two of the project algebra was reduced from two periods to one K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11

Theory of Action Summer Institute (8 days) Content and Pedagogy School Year Institute 4 Days Lesson Study 3 Afterschool Meetings One Cohort for three years K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11

Foundational Tenets of Program Summer institute models high quality instruction focused on understanding mathematics Lesson Studies focus on identifying learning goals, designing explorations of concept (s), analyzing student work, and redesigning instruction. K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11

Sustainability Teacher Leaders/Facilitators trained to continue lesson study program Teacher Leader /Facilitators supported by multi-year statewide trainings (9 days per year) K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11

Teacher Changes There were no significant treatment / control teacher differences on NCO LMT pre-measures Grade 3 – 6 Control teachers showed no significant differences after two years. Grade 3 – 6 teachers showed significant NCO gains Grade 7 – 9 teachers probably had significant NCO / gains (~.4 SD). K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11

Student Results - District Benchmarks In grades 3 – 6, only grade 4 students showed significant pre to post gains (relative to control) on benchmark. All other trends, except Gr. 3, positive. Grade 7 pre-algebra, and Grade 8 algebra treatment students performed significantly better on final benchmark than control. K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘11

Student Results - CSTs In grades 3 – 6, only grade 4 students showed significantly higher CST scores (relative to control). All other trends, except Gr. 3, positive. In grade 4, 64.3% of treatment students scored proficient or above, while 52.3% in control score at these levels.

Student Results - CSTs Treatment students in 7 th grade math and 8 th grade Algebra significantly outperformed their peers in the control classes. 73% of treatment 7 th grade math and 69% of 8 th grade algebra students scored at or above proficient; only 38% and 25% in the respective control conditions scored at or above proficient

YEAR THREE PROGRAM ALTERATIONS GRADE THREE CONTENT DISCUSSIONS ON NUMBER SENSE USE OF STUDENT WORK PROTOCOLS TO SUSTAIN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT WORK