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In virtually every state in the country reform efforts are dramatically increasing expectations for students, and consequently for teachers. To make these changes, teachers need to deepen their content knowledge and learn new methods of teaching. This brief reviews what is known about professional development--where it is now, and where it needs to be and discusses organization, costs, and effects on practice. It also suggests some principles to guide professional development and offers a framework for designing and assessing policies and programs.

Tracking Student Achievement in Science and Math: The Promise of State Assessment Programs
(No. RB-17-June 1995)

This brief examines the capacity of state assessment systems to track the effect of the Statewide Systemic Initiatives (SSI) Program (funded by the National Science Foundation) on student performance in mathematics and science. It also identifies some of the major issues state policymakers are facing as they attempt to re-align their state assessment systems to meet the changing goals for education.

Single copies of CPRE Policy Briefs are available at no charge from CPRE, Carriage House at Eagleton, 86 Clifton Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1568.
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