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Designing Effective
Professional Development:
Lessons from the Eisenhower Program

Executive Summary

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• The Policy Context
• The Eisenhower Program
• The National Evaluation of the Eisenhower Program
• Effectiveness of Eisenhower-assisted Professional Development Activities
• The Quality of Eisenhower-assisted Activities
• Features of Professional Development That Promote Improvements in Teaching
• District Management of Eisenhower-assisted Activities
• SAHE-grantee Management of Eisenhower-assisted Activities
• Implications for Professional Development
• Endnotes

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