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Ed Tech Research & Evaluation Services
School districts are complex systems in which all parts are interrelated with one another. Students, teachers, administrators and parents are continually engaged in a set of relationships with every other element in the system. The Stephens Group approaches educational research as both a formative and summative process.Researchers work collaboratively with stakeholders throughout the process. For example, in many of our evaluations we have provided professional development to principals on how to collect data to assess the level of technology integration occuring in their buildings.
“The role of local engagement, collaboration, and feedback is paramount. Teachers and administrators at the local site should be participants in, rather than recipients of the evaluation. Research that is responsive to local concerns, constraints, and priorities can be structured and synthesized to produce knowledge about effective uses of educational technology that has high face validity within local communities and still informs wider research as well as practitioner and policy audiences” (Means, Haertel & Moses, p. 6).
References
Means, B., Haertel, G., & Moses, L. (2003). Evaluating the Effects of Learning Technologies. In G. Haertel & B. Means (Eds.), Evaluating educational technology: Effective research designs for improving learning. New York: Teachers College Press.
Current Research & Evaluation Projects
* Milwaukee Public Schools
* Kenosha Unified School District
* West Allis West Milwaukee Consortium
* The Bay Area Consortium
* CESA #3
If you would like more information on The Stephens Group research and evaluation services contact Tammy Stephens at
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(800) 408.4935.
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