Research & Evaluation

RESEARCH: The act of searching closely; systematic investigation to establish facts or principles or to collect information on a subject
What do you want to investigate?

Program Reviews & Audits, Needs Assessments & Diagnostics
Qualitative and Quantitative Data Collections and Analysis, Recommendations for Best Practices, Effective Programming and Progress Monitoring
What do you want to know?

Research and Evaluation

NM Consulting has expertise in the following areas

• District & Program Evaluations
• Administrator and Teacher Reviews
• Presentations & Products
• Secondary School Designs
• Effective Instruction
• Teacher Training Effectiveness
• Responsiveness to ELLs
• Action Research
• PLC Effectiveness
• Focus Groups
• Research Designs
• Blueprints for Assessments
• Item Writing
• Predictive and Diagnostic Assessments
• Instructionally Targeted Assessments

• Primary Teacher Education in the 21st Century in Kenya (MoE and TEPDP with USAID fhi360) Nairobi, Kenya
Research on Kenyan teacher lesson plans which use technology | Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis, Oh My!: Technology Use in Continuing Teacher Professional Development to Support Classroom Instruction and 21st Century Learning: A Kenyan Case Study

• CRH Consultants Jamestown, RI
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Consultant for Standards Development (8 curricular areas)
US Virgin Islands: Independent Evaluator for ESL Programs in St. Croix and St. Thomas/St. John School Districts
Haiti: Consultant for Curriculum Review
Kenya: Consultant for 21st Century Learning
Honduras: Consultant for Assessment Workshops on Blueprint Development and Item Writing (English, Science, Math, Social Studies)
Pakistan: Consultant for Standards Development
Egypt: Consultant for Textbook Evaluation
NISL: Consultant for Literacy/Math Workshops, ELLs
PARCC: Consultant on Literacy/Language Arts for ELLs
CTB McGraw-Hill: Acuity Blueprint Development and Item Writing, and Training (Literacy/Language Arts)

• Brown University's The Education Alliance & Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory (LAB) Providence, RI Research & Evaluation Specialist (Research design, data collection, and reporting on various grant-funded projects; Breaking Ranks Research; Rockefeller Foundation Research on ESL Programs in the USA; Research on data use in urban high schools)

• Stamford Public Schools Stamford, CT Consultant and Coach for settlement regarding ELLs
• East Haven Public Schools East Haven, CT Independent Evaluator for ESL Program
• Norwalk Public Schools Norwalk, CT, Independent Evaluator for ESL/Bilingual Programs
• West Haven Public Schools West Haven, CT, Independent Evaluator for ESL/Bilingual Programs
• Stratford Public Schools Stratford, CT, Independent Evaluator for ESL/Bilingual Programs
• Arete New York, NY, Evaluator for ESL/Bilingual programs in Stamford, CT
• Yonkers Public Schools Yonkers, NY, Monitor for the Yonkers Public Schools Five Year Plan July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2006 Settlement Agreement for all ESL and Bilingual Programs
• United States Government, Department of Justice, Education Division Washington D.C. Expert Witness/Consultant for English Language Learners