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Vision, Goals and Outcomes – motivated by local needs; supported by baseline data; discusses challenges and opportunities in K-12 and higher education environments Results from Prior NSF Funding – includes results and lessons learned
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Vision, Goals and Outcomes– motivated by local needs; supported by baseline data; discusses challenges and opportunities in K-12 and higher education environments Results from Prior NSF Funding– includes results and lessons learned Action Plan– describes how the partnership will achieve the vision, goals and objectives MSP Project DescriptionFY’06 Institute Partnerships
Evaluation Plan– measures progress and impact Partnership Management/Governance Plan– details capacity and readiness; describes roles and responsibilities of key personnel Institutional Change and Sustainability- identifies how the plan will effect coordinated institutional changes within the core partners MSP Project DescriptionFY’06 Institute Partnerships
MSP Additional MaterialsFY’06 Institute Partnerships Special Information and Supplementary Documentation– limit of 20 pages maximum includes: • Tables that summarize baseline student achievement and teacher workforce data • Annual Benchmarks and Outcome Goals • Partnership Leadership Team and Disciplinary Partner Tables • Commitments to institutional change • Other letters of substantive commitment
MSP RESEARCH AND EVALUATION MSPnet (Ongoing sharing and dissemination electronically and at national meetings) MSP Project-specific Evaluation (Each project has objective evaluation that provides formative and summative assessment) MSP Partnerships MSP Program Evaluation (Discovery and external accountability on the entire program) MSP RETA (Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance projects study and support individual projects) MSP MIS (Management Information System is central data collection system that gathers information from each project annually) MSP Knowledge Management (Extracts and synthesizes findings from the projects and disseminates these to the field)
Website for MSP: http://www.nsf.gov Click on Program Area – Education Click on Math and Science Partnership Program
New Solicitation:Math and Science Partnership (MSP)NSF 06-539
Evidence: An Essential Tool Planning for and Gathering Evidence Using the Design-Implementation-Outcomes(DIO) Cycle of Evidence NSF 05-31
Additional Resources Website for MSPnet:http://mspnet.org A Guide for Proposal Writing: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/nsf04016.pdf