Dr. Wai-Ying Chow
(202) 219-0326
Wai-Ying.Chow@ed.gov

The general purpose of the Institute's Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching (Effective Teachers) research program is to identify effective strategies for improving the performance of classroom teachers in ways that increase student learning and school achievement in reading, writing, mathematics and the sciences for students from kindergarten through Grade 12. The long term outcomes of the Effective Teachers research program will be an array of programs (e.g., professional development programs), assessments, and strategies (e.g., recruitment and retention policies) that have been demonstrated to be effective for improving and assessing teacher quality in ways that are linked to increases in student achievement.

Additional research in the area of Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching has been supported through the following two research topics:

• Teacher Quality: Mathematics and Science Education
• Teacher Quality: Reading and Writing