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Project Impact

In the of e-Learning for Educators project training, June 2006 through December 2007:

  • Each e-Learning for Educators partner state has trained 36 facilitators and 24 workshop designers
  • The eight states have delivered a total of 691 workshops – far more than the target goal
  • More than 12,000 teachers have enrolled in workshops (also referred to as “courses”) for very low cost or free. Of these, data were collected from 9655 teachers who took one or more associated workshop surveys; 7119 teachers took both pre- and post- course surveys. These numbers FAR exceed the project goals.
  • 43% of teachers in the workshops are from state-identified high need (HN) schools
  • 41% of teachers are from schools eligible to receive Title 1 School-wide funds is These percentages vary widely by state
  • A very conservative estimate of students affected by eFE is at least 222,0001 but could range as high as 250,000; estimates are that 41% (102,500)2 of these are in high needs schools
  • More than 50% of teachers report improvements related to their instructional practices
  • 50% of teachers report improvements in their comfort in using technology with students
  • Of teachers who have taken e-learning for Educators (eFE) workshops:
  • 90% agree that when they used eFE content in class, students appeared more interested
  • 89% agree that when they used eFE content, students had their diverse learning needs met
  • 84% agree that when they used eFE content, students showed better academic performance in content areas
  • 78% report that what they learned in the eFE workshops was new content

1 Using a very conservative process of estimation, project evaluators calculate that the total of students affected exceed 222,000 since the project’s inception in 2006.  The very conservative estimates of students affected per eFE teacher participant were calculated by multiplying the number of teachers completing both pre- and post- course surveys by 35.  This estimate is conservative both because teachers have indicated that on average, more students are affected (the estimate derived from an item on the follow-up survey indicated that 42 students per teachers are affected) and because more teachers complete the courses than complete the course surveys. The sum total of students affected via this method exceed 222,000 since the project’s inception but impact could be as many as *250,000 students based on other project data. 

2 The reported impacts on teachers and students in Title 1 School-wide Eligible schools are comparable to or exceed those impacts reported ineligible schools.  Project evaluators have examined these impacts for data collected in semesters 1 and 2 (Fall 2007 and Winter/Spring 2007) and will revisit these impacts and data during the next annual reporting cycle. 

The data for these facts were gathered from June 2006 through December 2007 by the e-Learning for Educators project evaluation team from Boston College as part of the ongoing evaluation of the e-Learning for Educators project.