Attracting and Keeping Students at UA
Report on the Anchorage School District’s Alaska Native Pilot Project at Willow Crest Elementary and Romig Middle Schools 2006-2007, October 2007. By Diane Hirshberg, Alexandra Hill, Rosyland Frazier, Meghan Wilson.
Looking for recent graduates of Mt. Edgecumbe. Click here for more information on this study.
UPDATED: University of Alaska Research: An Economic Enterprise. March 2007. By Scott Goldsmith.
UA Policy Brief: The Case for Strengthening Education in Alaska. November 2006. By Alexandra Hill, Lee Gorsuch, Mary Killorin, and Pam Cravez.
Alaska Civic Learning Assessment Project; FInal Report and Policy Brief. November 2006. By Letitia Fickel, Barbara Hood, Diane Hirshberg and Alexandra Hill.
Civics Education in Alaska. October 2006. By Diane Hirshberg, Letitia Fickel, and Alexandra Hill.
Finding Teachers for Alaska:Demand, Supply, and Turnover. April 2006. By Diane Hirshberg and Lexi Hill
Research Summary: Turnover Among Alaska's Teachers: How Many Leave Their Jobs? April 2006. By Diane Hirshberg and Alexandra Hill.
Long-Term Effects of Boarding Schools on Alaska Natives and Their Communities. PDF. September 2005. By Diane Hirshberg and Suzanne Sharp. Click here to see their presentation on the same subject given December 1, 2005.
Enrollment Trends at University of Alaska Community Campuses. 2 MB PDF. September 2005. By Scott Goldsmith, Alexandria Hill, and Mary Killorin. Click here to read the report appendix.
APTE
Survey Summary.
PDF. May 2005.
The
Alaska Partnership for Teacher Enhancement (APTE) surveyed Alaska
school district superintendents in the fall of 2004 about their perceptions
of new teachers trained in Alaska, their relationships with the
University of Alaska and the Alaska Department of Education and Early
Development, and their thoughts about the High School Graduation Qualifying
Examination. Forty-six
of Alaska’s 53 districts answered. Click
here for a summary of results.
Alaska School District Cost
Study Update. PDF. January 2005. By Bradford Tuck, Matthew
Berman, Alexandra Hill. ISER's full report on geographic cost differences
among school districts, and a summary, are posted here.
Full report
PDF.
Summary PDF. How Much Different Are Costs Among Alaska's School Districts?
To see the Legislative
Budget and Audit Committee's memo about the study and
fiscal notes prepared by the Alaska Department of Education
and Early Development, click
here to go to the committee's site.
The Economics of University Research. June 2004. PDF. Scott Goldsmith and Pam Cravez.
A
Review of Alaska School District Cost Study. PDF. January 2004. By
Bradford Tuck.
Evaluation of Rose Urban/Rural Exchange. This
is a three-part evaluation of a program that
brings rural students to urban areas, and vice-versa, to improve urban-rural
understanding. Copies of the three evaluations (Evaluation of Student
Exchange, Evaluation of Teacher Training, and Evaluation of Sister
Schools) are available for 10 cents per page from ISER. By
G. Williamson McDiarmid and Rosyland Frazier.
2001
Program Evaluation: Urban/Rural Youth Program, Summary.
2002
Program Evaluation: Rose Urban/Rural Program, Summary.
2003
Program Evaluation: Rose Urban/Rural Program, Summary.
Rural
Educator Preparation Partnerships: Partnering to Success; 2002/2003
Evaluation Report. An evaluation of a program intended to
increase the number of teachers in rural Alaska school districts
who are either Alaska Native or long-term rural residents. 1MB
PDF. December 2003. By G. Williamson McDiarmid and Alexandra
Hill.
Evaluation
of Special Olympics Curriculum. PDF. October 2003. By G. Williamson McDiarmid, Rosyland Frazier.
Special
Olympics and Alaska's Special Education Students. 1 MB PDF.
February 2003. By G. Williamson McDiarmid, Rosyland Frazier.
Retaining
Quality Teachers for Alaska: How can Alaska recruit and
retain teachers? PDF. December 2002. By Bill McDiarmid, Eric Larson,
Alexandra Hill.
Executive Summary
164 KB PDF.
To see survey instruments:
Teacher
Exit Survey 514 KB PDF
Instructional
Aides Survey 385 KB PDF
A
Doctoral Program in Leadership and Policy Studies: Is It Feasible?
Prepared for Steering Committee on a Joint PhD Program in Leadership
and Policy Studies. PDF. November 2002. By Mary Killorin.
Current
and Future Demand For Distance Education. PDF. February 1998. By G.
Williamson McDiarmid, Scott Goldsmith, Alexandra Hill, and Teresa Hull.
Stalking
the Schoolwork Module: Teaching Prospective Teachers to Write Historical
Narratives. PDF. July 1997. By Peter Vinten-Johansen, Department
of History, Michigan State University, and G. Williamson McDiarmid.
Who
Pays for Alaska's School? Research Summary No. 56. PDF. March 1995. |
