Enhancing Program Quality in Science and Mathematics

Focuses on teacher development, teacher research, student enrichment, and systemic programs that support improvements in science and mathematics education.

Joyce S. Kaser (EdD, American University, Wash­ington, D.C.), is a Senior Program Associate with WestEd. She is also President of Kaser and Associ­ates and is a Senior Research Associate with The Study Group. She is first author of Enhancing Pro­gram Quality in Science and Mathematics, also published by Corwin Press, in 1999. This book presents an approach, called profiling, to forma­tive evaluation of programs that support mathe­matics and science education. Over the past de­cade, Dr. Kaser has been one of the key developers of this methodology. She has also been an evalua­tor of state, urban, and local systemic change ef­forts, along with numerous national and statewide professional development programs. Currently, she is part of a team developing statewide criteria for professional development and serves as the coprincipal investigator of re­search for an online learning program. She assists a major professional devel­opment provider implement profiling as its approach to quality assurance. A former teacher and school administrator, Dr. Kaser is coauthor of a change management methodology for use in education, along with a risk analysis as­sessment process for large system interventions. This new book brings to­gether her work in professional development, evaluation, change manage­ ment, lifelong learning, and group leadership.