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Research & Evidence

Evolution of the Research

1970's and 1980's
Kamehameha Early Education Project (KEEP)

Tharp, R. G. and Gallimore, R. (1989) Rousing Minds to Life: Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context.  Cambridge Univ. Press.

1989-1996
Single School Case Study, Freeman Elementary School Project

Goldenberg, C. (2004). Successful school change: Creating settings to improve teaching and learning. New York Teachers College Press.

1997-2003
Learning Teams Scale-Up Study

Saunders, W., 0'Brien, G., Marcelletti, D., Hasenstab, K., Saldivar, T., & Goldenberg, C. (2001). Getting the most out of school-based professional development in culturally diverse schools. ln P. Schmidt & P. Mosenthal, (Eds.), Reconceptualizing literacy in the new age of pluralism and multiculturalism. Greenwich, CN: lnfomiation Age Publishing.

Saunders, W. & Goldenberg, C. (2005). The contribution of settings to school improvement and school change: A case study ln C. 0'Donnell & L. Yamauchi (Eds.). Culture and context in human behavior change: Theory, research, and applications (pps. 127-150). New York: Peter Lang.

McDougall, D. Saunders, W. and Goldenberg, C. (2007). Inside the black box of school reform: Explaining the how and why of change at Getting Results schools. Joumal of Disability, Development, and Education, 54, Number 1.

Saunders, W.M., Goldenberg, C.N. , & Gallimore, R. (2009) Increasing achievement by focusing grade level teams on improving classroom learning: a prospective, quasi-experimental study of Title 1 schools. American Educational Research Journal, 46, 4, 1006-1033.

2004-Current
Scaling Learning Teams: Secondary R&D and Elementary Replication Studies

Graff-Ermeling, G. (2007). Building Coherence: The role of an externally supported, site-based leadership team, in sustaining settings for instructional imporovement.  Santa Monica: LessonLab Research Institute.

Daley G. (2008). lmplementation and Value Added Analysis of Learning Teams. Inter-Office Report to Director of Research and Planning: Department of Research and Planning: Los Angeles Unified School District.

Ermeling, B. (2010). Tracing the effects of teacher inquiry on classroom practice. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26 (3), 377-388.

Gallimore, R, Ermeling, B.A., Saunders, W.M., & Goldenberg, C. (2009). Moving the Learning of Teaching Closer to Practice: Teacher Education Implications of School-based Inquiry Teams. Elementary School Journal (special issue).