Widely implemented staff development (Madeline Hunter's ITIP) lacks empirical evidence of improved student achievement¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1994 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 3 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q2 i? A review the monograph attributes to Orlich and associates concluded that ITIP, implemented under typical school conditions, lacks empirical evidence supporting claims of improved student achievement. → Gall 1994

Evidence¶

Gall 1994¶

Gall, Meredith D.; Vojtek, Roseanne O'Brien. (1994). Planning for Effective Staff Development: Six Research-Based Models. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED372464

q2 · i? · review · r2

The monograph reports a review by Orlich and associates (1993) of studies of staff development implemented under typical school conditions, mainly the ITIP model implemented district- or statewide. The review's conclusion is quoted: "Madeline Hunter's ITIP lacks empirical evidence to support claims of improved student achievement." No effect sizes are printed.

"Orlich and associates concluded, "As anexemplar of staff development, Madeline Hunter's ITIP lacks empirical evidence to support claims of improved student achievement as a consequence of its use" (p. 7)."

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