Urban Teacher Residency (UTR) Evaluation
The New Visions for Public Schools-Hunter College Urban Teacher Residency (UTR) project is a 5-year project designed to increase the number of well-prepared teachers entering the city’s classrooms, provide ongoing support during the critical early years of teaching, and ultimately raise teacher retention rates and student achievement. more»
Client: New Visions for Public Schools and Hunter College
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education (ED): Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)
Topic: School Reform, Professional Development, Public/Educational Policy

California Academy of Sciences: Institute on Science and Sustainability
Rockman et al will be creating an evaluation plan as part of a planning grant for the California Academy of Sciences' Institute on Science and Sustainability. The Institute on Science and Sustainability will build upon the Academy's strengths to create a network of master science teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area to raise the level of science education. more»
Client: California Academy of Sciences
Funding Agency: Bechtel Jr. Foundation
Topic: Museum, Professional Development, Community Outreach, Technology and Education, Informational Media

Advanced Digital Pathways ITEST
BAVC’s Advanced Digital Pathways (ADP) program supports low-income and disadvantaged urban youth from the San Francisco Bay Area, while simultaneously addressing the need to diversify the IT workforce. REA is evaluating the impact of the ADP program on students’ technology interest, career aspirations, digital arts proficiency, and job skills. The evaluation also considers the community established to support these endeavors. more»
Client: Bay Area Video Coalition
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF): Elementary, Secondary, & Informal Education (ESIE)
Topic: Instructional Materials/Programs, Technology and Education

California Academy of Sciences: Science in Action
Rockman et al will be evaluating various design, technical, developmental, and educational elements of the California Academy of Science's Science in Action exhibit. Science in Action will be launched in conjunction with the opening of the Academy's new state-of-the art facility in September 2008. Science in Action will include a museum exhibit component, multimedia dissemination of content, and people-facilitated interactive experiences, and will include mission-related exhibit and programmatic changes to reflect new scientific discoveries by Academy and other scientists in the Bay Area and beyond. more»
Client: California Academy of Sciences
Funding Agency: Moore Foundation
Topic: Museum, Community Outreach, Technology and Education, Informational Media