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Teacher Education and Professional Development

Gardner-Webb University

2015

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Program Evaluation Of Bridges To Success Program, Michael Cory Jan 2015

Program Evaluation Of Bridges To Success Program, Michael Cory

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the alternative education model, the Bridges to Success Program, and the program’s impact on teachers teaching within the program in a middle school in the Upstate of South Carolina. The Bridges to Success Program was initiated in September 2009 for at-risk students in eighth grade with a history of poor attendance, behavior issues, and low math and reading academic performance.

The evaluation model used was the Logic Model. The research questions set the framework for this study. Research questions focused on short-term outcomes that evaluated how teacher knowledge of …