Schools Around the World (SAW): A Planning Grant

Council For Basic Education, Washington DC

Investigators

Abstract

9910634 CROSS This collaboration between the Council for Basic Education, two school districts, and the Center for Children and Technology at EDC, proposes a project to expand on the existing Schools Around the World (SAW) Project. SAW is an international professional development effort that focuses on improving science instruction in grades 4, 8 and 10 by having teachers examine student work. SAW enables teachers to build on TIMSS by giving them concrete opportunities to examine student work in an international context (in additional to schools in the US, other participating countries include Australia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Portugal and the United Kingdom). In addition to supporting teachers in examining student work using international standards, the project will: (1) conduct a formative evaluation that will guide subsequent project activities; (2) support a self-study on the use of interactive technology by SAW teachers and; (3) provide support for the SAW Science Advisory Group to provide additional project guidance.