Evaluation

The Mississippi Learning Institute is involved in a four-and-a-half-year study administered by the Academy for Educational Development (AED).  AED is a nonprofit organization working globally to improve education, health, civil society and economic development--the foundation of thriving societies.  In collaboration with local and national partners, AED fosters sustainable results through practical, comprehensive approaches to social and economic challenges. AED implements more than 250 programs serving people in all 50 U.S. states and more than 150 countries.

AED is currently studying both the process through which the partnership achieves its goals and the following outcomes: 1) university curriculum and organization and student teacher knowledge of reading theory and practice; 2) the quality and impact of professional development developed by the university, JPS, and MSDOE; 3) changes in classroom practice related to the improvement of reading and changes in school outcomes; 4) the school district’s efforts to support and sustain professional development and classroom practices emerging from this initiative; and 5) the achievement of students in schools where these services are targeted.