[log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: The Guide to Math & Science Reform X-Mailer: AIR Mail 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) Get your copy of The Guide to Math & Science Reform and get listed in The Guide (see below). The Fall 1995 edition of The Guide to Math & Science Reform, a computer database containing information on more than 970 projects and organizations involved in K-12 mathematics and science education reform in the United States, is available free of charge over the Internet for both Macintosh and Windows. (Copies of the software on disk can be ordered for $9.95 from the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project.) The Guide is a user-friendly, searchable database containing hypertext links between related entries. For more information, see the Annenberg/CPB Project's World Wide Web page--http://www.learner.org/k12/The_Guide/. Get your copy. The Guide can be downloaded from the Internet at no cost via the WWW page listed above (http://www.learner.org/k12/The_Guide/) or anonymous ftp (ftp://www.learner.org/pub/k12/The_Guide/fall95.exe for the Windows version, ftp://www.learner.org/pub/k12/The_Guide/MacGuide.sea.hqx for the Macintosh version, and ftp://www.learner.org/pub/k12/The_Guide/readme.txt for a ReadeMe text file on installation). Please note: These compressed files weigh in at about 4 Mb--an hour's work for most 14.4 modems. To order your copy on disk, call 1-800-965-7373 or write to The Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project, P.O. Box 2345, South Burlington, VT 05407-2345. Subscriptions to future updates are also available. The next edition of The Guide will be published in September 1996. Get listed in The Guide. If your project or organization is involved in K-12 mathematics and science education reform, we want to know about it. Please complete the appropriate Data Information Form below (the Reform Initiatives form is first; the Organizations form follows it) and return it to us via email ([log in to unmask]), fax (301-907-6916), or mail (The Guide c/o TLCI, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 910, Bethesda, MD 20814). We will review the material and follow up with you. Please note: The Guide does not include instructional materials, which are profiled by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education. REFORM INITIATIVES DATA INFORMATION FORM (Reform initiatives are projects, resources, and systemic initiatives involved in professional development, asssessment, curriculum frameworks, and community outreach.) PART I. CONTACT INFORMATION Project Title______________________________________________________________ Project Director________________________________________________________ Contact___________________________________________________________________ Contact Title____________________________________________________________ Organization/School_____________________________________________ Address___________________________________________________________________ Phone ____________________________ Best Time to Reach__________________________ Fax ______________________________ Internet___________________________________ URL_________________________________________________________________________ PART II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Please send project information (e.g., annual reports, evaluations, summaries) that includes answers to these questions: * What are the goals of your project and what strategies are you using to meet these goals? * What is your target audience and how many individuals are you serving? * If your project offers workshops or institutes, what content do you cover, what materials do you use, who can participate, and in what activities do they participate? Who teaches the workshops? * What activities have you undertaken to date and what is planned for the project s next phase? * How will the project s effectiveness be assessed and by what organization? * What important lessons haves have you learned so far that can help guide oth ers with similar goals? * What materials have you developed that would be helpful to others and how may they be obtained? PART III. CHARACTERISTICS 1. School Level (select all that apply) ____ K-4 ____ 5-8 ____ 9-12 2. Locations (list all states/territories in which the project takes place or is available) _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Project Focus (select all that apply) ____ Administration ____ Assessment ____ Community Involvement ____ Curriculum, Standards, and Frameworks ____ Preservice Education ____ Professional Enhancement 4. Special Emphasis (select all that apply, noting the strategies you are using to reach each one) ____ Urban populations live in an inner-city area ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ Rural populations live in sparsely populated areas __________________________________________________________________________ ____ Underserved improves the opportunities for populations that traditionally have been underrepresented in science and mathematics, e.g., minority groups, females, disabled individuals, and English-language learners ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Technologies Used (select all that apply, e.g., CD-ROM and videodiscs combine computer-based and video-based technologies; videoconferencing combines video-based and telecommunications technologies) ____ Calculator electronic device used for computation and graphing ____ Computer-based require computer hardware and/or software ____ Video-based require video playback equipment or television monitors ____ Telecommunications transmit voice, pictures, text, and/or other data via phone, broadcast, cablecast, satellite, fiber optics, and the like Please note the ways in which these technologies are used in your project; if your project is producing video, please provide description, length, and format: ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Funders (select and specify all that apply, noting agency and program when applicable, e.g., Department of Education/Eisenhower Professional Development Grants Program, National Science Foundation/Teacher Enhancement Program) ____ Federal _____________________________________________________________________ ____ State _______________________________________________________________________ ____ Local _______________________________________________________________________ ____ Foundation __________________________________________________________________ ____ Corporate ___________________________________________________________________ ____ Other (please be specific) ______________________________________________________ 7. Total Funding Level ____ <$100,000 ____ $100,000-$249,999 ____ $250,000-$499,999 ____ $500,000-$999,999 ____ $1,000,000-$2,500,000 ____ >$2,500,000 8. Partners (organizations other than funders working with the primary agency on project implementation, e.g., evaluators and other subcontractors, agencies contributing in-kind services, and so forth) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 9. Project Start Date 19____ 10. Project End Date 19____ ORGANIZATIONS DATA INFORMATION FORM PART I. CONTACT INFORMATION Organization Title_____________________________________________________ Contact_____________________________________________________________________ Contact Title_____________________________________________________________ Address____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Phone ____________________________ Best Time to Reach_________________________ Fax ______________________________ Internet_________________________________ URL _______________________________________________________________________ PART II. MISSION STATEMENT Please attach. PART III. CHARACTERISTICS 1. Content Focus (select one or both) ____ Math ____ Science 2. Scope (select one) ____ National means it is nationwide in scope ____ Regional means it serves a defined group of states in a particular part of the country ____ State means it serves a single state ____ Other means that the area it serves is smaller than a state or region; this may be part of a state or a multistate grouping that is smaller than a region 3. Established indicates the year the organization was chartered ___________ 4. Related Projects. Please identify the projects in which the organization is involved that ought to be included in The Guide to Math & Science Reform. Please complete a separate Reform Initiatives Entry Form for each such project that is not already profiled in The Guide. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Apologies for multiple listings. -------------------------------- Patrick Gallagher Vice President Toby Levine Communications, Inc. 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 910 Bethesda, MD 20814 301-907-6510 fax 301-907-6916 email [log in to unmask]