Research & Evaluation Services
Professional Development
The Education Alliance conducts evaluations on a variety of professional development initiatives, a major thrust of education reform. Evaluations include professional development for teachers in mathematics, history and literacy. Examples of recent work include:
Partnerships and Research Investigations by Mathematicians and Educators to Improve Mathematics Instruction (PRIMETIME)Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Department of Education contracted with The Education Alliance to conduct an external evaluation of its implementation of the PRIMETIME program which provides training, curricular support and higher education coaches to work with middle and secondary school teachers throughout the state.
3 R's Educational Leadership Project: Evaluation
New Jersey
The Foundation for Educational Administration (FEA) in partnership with the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association contracted with The Education Alliance to conduct an evaluation of the 3 R's Educational Leadership Project.
Teaching American History: Evaluation
Boston, MA, Salem & Sussex, MA, Danbury, CT, Bronx, NY and Jamestown, NY
School districts in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York along with the Southeastern Massachusetts Teaching American History Consortium contracted individually with The Education Alliance to conduct evaluations of their Teaching American History programs.
PBS TeacherLine Program: Evaluation
Florida, New York and South Carolina
Hezel Associates subcontracted with The Education Alliance to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of PBS's online teacher development program, TeacherLine.
Rhode Island Teaching and Learning Center Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Teaching and Learning Center (RITLC) contracted with The Education Alliance to conduct an evaluation of the center's goals and activities.
Ready to Learn Providence — Professional Development: Evaluation
Rhode Island
Ready to Learn Providence (R2LP) contracted with The Education Alliance to conduct an evaluation of its professional development intervention. R2LP is an initiative to improve the early learning opportunities for all children in Providence, RI while specifically focusing on the eight linguistically and culturally diverse neighborhoods exhibiting the greatest need.
New Approaches to Reading and Writing in the Secondary Content AreasRhode Island
The Rhode Island Writing Project, a program at Rhode Island College, contracted with The Education Alliance to evaluate the "New Approaches to Reading and Writing in the Secondary Content Areas" Project. Funded for four years by the Rhode Island Office of Higher Education, the Project engaged teachers from middle and high schools in Woonsocket, Providence, Warwick and North Providence, RI.
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