Survey Results of Urban School Classroom Practices in Mathematics and Science : Using the Survey of Enacted Curriculum Conducted During Four USI Site Visits: 1999 Report

The Survey of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) is being conducted as a study component of a three year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), entitled "How Reform Works: An Evaluative Study of NSF's Urban Systemic Initiatives (USI)." The evaluative study explores the impact of USI programs on student achievement and the learning infrastructure in urban school districts, and will develop an inferential causal model linking the Systemic Initiatives drivers and other key elements. Within the context of the USI evaluative study, the survey provides an initial analysis of urban school classroom practices in mathematics and science, focusing on enacted curriculum contents and teaching practices. The survey has been designed to provide a means of validating reform changes in the four USI sites by analyzing responses from two groups of mathematics and science teachers - implementation group and control group. In each urban site, 80 teachers were selected from 20 schools, with 10 schools each at elementary and middle grade levels.Blank, Rolf K. is the author of 'Survey Results of Urban School Classroom Practices in Mathematics and Science : Using the Survey of Enacted Curriculum Conducted During Four USI Site Visits: 1999 Report', published 2000 under ISBN 9780970296818 and ISBN 0970296819.