Sponsored by the Adding
Value to the Mathematics and Science Partnerships Evaluations (University of
Wisconsin-Madison) and Consortium for Building Evaluation Capacity (Utah State
University)
COMING SOON! Archive of the MSP Evaluation Summit
Theme: Evidence-based
design, decision-making, and outcomes of the MSPs
Targeted Audience:
PIs, Project Evaluators, and RETA Researchers
Format: Accepted
evaluation and research papers presented by participants
Funding: The two
RETA sponsors will pay for participants' travel, lodging, and conference
expenses. Paper presenters will be awarded a $300 honorarium.
Proposals: The proposal will consist of an abstract with a maximum of 500 words and
should specify
the research and evaluation theme of your MSP that you will cover: student
learning and
participation, teacher change, institutes of higher education, evidence-based
design, or
partnerships. Proposal abstracts, along with a two-page vita, are due by July 15 and should be submitted
electronically to Jim Dorward, jimd@cc.usu.edu. Applicants will be notified of
acceptance
by August 1. The deadline for the completed paper is September 6, with the
opportunity to
publish the paper as part of the conference proceedings.
NOTE: Early Proposal Review
The deadline for early proposal review (1-page abstract and 2-page vita) for presentations at the MSP Evaluation Summit: Evidence-Based Findings conference on September 15-16 is June 15, 2005. Authors whose papers are accepted will be notified on July 1, 2005. This change was made in order to accommodate those interested in expediting travel arrangements.
Conference Details A two-day evaluation, research reporting, and technical
assistance conference will be held at the Radisson Hotel Metrodome in
Minneapolis on September 15-16, 2005, for MSP evaluators, researchers, and
principal investigators to report early findings from their work. The first
cohort of the National Science Foundation Mathematics and Science Partnerships
is in its third year. The evaluators of these MSPs have been developing and
implementing research designs, evaluating implementation and outcomes,
collecting evidence, and drawing findings from their efforts. Evaluators of the
newer MSPs are moving forward along this process. RETA researchers are well
immersed in studying significant design, implementation, and evaluation
questions. This summit conference will provide an opportunity for evaluators,
researchers, and STEM faculty to showcase their work and to engage in dialogue
on key issues related to evaluating MSPs.
The two-day conference will be organized into four plenary
sessions and 20 paper-reporting sessions related to the research or evaluation
of an MSP. The paper sessions will be organized around five major themes:
student learning and participation, teacher change, institutes of higher
education, evidence-based design, and partnerships. The specifics of these
topics will be elicited from the MSP researchers. Each session will include
discussants who are responsible for reacting to and critiquing the papers.
Travel, lodging, and conference
expenses for participants will be paid by the two sponsoring RETAs (Adding
Value and CBEC).
Two pre-sessions will be conducted on Wednesday, September
14, for those who are seeking an in-depth study of the topics. One pre-session
will be on case study methodology, and a concurrent pre-session will cover
statistical models and HLM for the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. A
nationally recognized expert in the field will lead each pre-session.
The primary audience for the conference includes the MSP
network of principal investigators, evaluators, and RETA researchers. More
detailed information on the conference including proposal specifications, the
conference agenda and registration form, will be forthcoming and available at
the following websites: http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/addingvalue
, http://www.usu.edu/cbec, and MSPnet. If
you have any questions, please contact Paula White, Catherine
Callow-Heusser, or Jim Dorward.
