For those who missed the Fall 2009 excellence & ethics newsletter, I posted a link to it on our site. You can also go to it directly:
http://www.cortland.edu/character/newsletters/EE_LETTER_Fall2009_final.pdf
As always, great job, Tom and Marthe!
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Fall 2009 EE newsletter is out
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First CREE-P2L data now available
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Last week, Cherry Hill Alternative school was the first to receive its CREE-P2L data report. Today, data reports have been delivered to the first three schools in Iowa that completed data collection.
I have also finished the first round of reliability and validity analyses of CREE-P2L data, and the results are extremely encouraging. Chronbach’s alphas range from .85 to .90 in student data and from .87 to .94 in faculty data, which are excellent. I have posted these findings on the CREE-P2L page on IEE website.
We are now in position to run data reports quickly for the remaining schools in Kansas and Iowa, and will do so as soon as we get word that they are done with data collection. It is exciting to report that the assessment component of Power2 programming is taking shape, and schools can begin to use their own data for benchmarking, reflection, and planning further efforts.
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Fall CREE reports delivered to Ignite
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This week the last Fall CREE report was delivered to Ignite. IEE has been providing assessment services to schools participating in Ignite programs since Spring 2007. Over 15 schools are scheduled to engage in pretest/posttest CREE-General data collection this year. The posttest will include an additional battery of items to capture the specifics of Ignite-Transitions program.
Here is how Ignite describes their work:
“Ignite partners with schools to create a structure to help implement a peer mentoring initiative where upperclassmen mentor the incoming class to impact their Academic Performance and Social Connectedness. Our hands- on, consistent, onsite training and coaching helps keep accountability, results and sustainability high for a school. The results speak for themselves. Ignite also teams up with the schools’ leadership team to help improve staff collegiality. Through coaching and training on promising practices, Ignite can help impact the climate and culture of a building.”
Check out their redesigned website: http://www.igniteforschools.com.