As part of a growing focus on early childhood education, a team of CRDG evaluators collaborated with the University of Hawai‘i’s Center on the Family to help evaluate the quality of early language and literacy instruction in preschool classrooms. They…
CRDG Contributes to National Study on School Readiness
In their ongoing efforts to provide effective early childhood education and supports that prepare children to succeed in school, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation funded a five-state study to find out what the legacy of their Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready…
Partnering with HIDOE on Instructional Materials Selection Criteria and Professional Development Design
In 2010, CRDG continued its partnership with the Hawai‘i Department of Education (HIDOE) in an effort to improve standards-based education in Hawai‘i. Responding to teachers’ and administrators’ concerns about the Hawai‘i Content and Performance Standards III (HCPS III) and its…
Formative Assessment—An Integral Part of Teachinglearning Systems
In the last dozen years, research on formative assessment has provided evidence of its promise as a strategy for teachers to know more about their students as they plan and teach lessons. However, the words formative assessment do not always…
Measure Up Brings Elementary Students into the Research Process
Brows furrow in concentration as second graders at the University Laboratory School work in groups to come up with equations based on diagrams of 8 and two of its addends (e.g., 7 + 1 = 8, 2 + 6 =…