Publications

Journal Articles & Proceedings

• Zygouris-Coe, V., & Swan, B. (under review). Impact of statewide reading professional development on language arts, mathematics, and science teachers’ knowledge and practice in middle and secondary schools. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE), Fall 2008 edition: Teacher Education and K-12 Virtual Schooling.
• Zygouris-Coe, V., & Swan, B., & Ireland, J. (in press). Quality assurance and online learning. International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL).
• Andreasen, J., Swan, B., & Dixon, J. (2008, Spring). A framework for identifying stages of teacher change resulting from extended mathematics professional development, FOCUS-On Learning Problems in Mathematics, 29(4).
• Swan, B., & Zygouris-Coe, V. (2007). Building teachers’ reading expertise: A statewide professional development model. Florida Educational Leadership Journal, 7(2), 28-31.
• Zygouris-Coe, V., Swan, B., & Glass, C. (2007). A 21st century Perspective: Using a client-centered/responsive approach to evaluating the effectiveness of large-scale online teacher professional development. In G. Richards (Ed). Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (pp. 583-588). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Zygouris-Coe, V., Swan, B., & Glass, C. (2007). Online professional development with 25,000 K-12 educators: Reality, myth, or just mere madness? In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (pp. 206-214). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Katzenmeyer, C. & Lawrenz, F. (2006). National Science Foundation Perspectives On The Nature Of STEM Program Evaluation. New Directions For Evaluation, (109), 7-18.
• Swan, B., & Dixon, J. (2006). The effects of mentor-supported technology professional development on middle school mathematics teachers’ attitudes and practices. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE). [Online serial]. 6(1).
• Lewis, N., & Swan, B. (2005). Mentoring Matters. National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Journal of Mathematics Educational Leadership, 8(2), 6-12.
• Dixon, J., Swan, B., Andreasen, J., Bamberger, A., & Yoder, D. (2004). MSPD. A statewide program that improves science teachers’ knowledge, The Florida Science Teacher, 16(3), p. 11-14.
• Dixon, J., Swan, B., Andreasen, J., Bamberger, A., & Yoder, D. (2004). MSPD, A statewide program that improves mathematics teachers’ knowledge. Dimensions, 24(2), 28-32.
• Dietz, J. S., Anderson, B., & Katzenmeyer, C. (2002). Women and the crossroads of science: Thoughts on policy, research, and evaluation. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 8, 395-408.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (1993). Identifying the best in mathematics and science at the U.S. Department of Education. Evaluation and Program Planning, 16(3), 241.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (1991). Singing the same old tune: Federal evaluation policy and the program effectiveness panel. In J.N. Altschuld (Ed.), Educational Evaluation: An Evolving Field. Theory Into Practice, XXX(1), 69-73. Columbus: Ohio State University.

Presentations

• Huh, J., Zygouris-Coe, V., Swan, B., & Thomas, A. (2008, March). Monitoring the Effectiveness of Professional Development through Quality Assurance. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2008 Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
• Zygouris-Coe, V., & Swan, B. (2008, March). Impact of statewide online reading professional development on mathematics, science, reading and language arts teachers’ knowledge and practice in secondary schools. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2008 Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
• Swan, B., Huh, J., Katzenmeyer, C., & Smith, J. A. (2008, January). PEER – Program Evaluation and Educational Research Group. Presented at the 1st annual Faculty and Student Research Poster Symposium hosted by the College of Education, University of Central Florida, Orlando.
• Huh, J., Lewis, N. S., & Smith, J. A. (2007, October). Science education partnerships that make a change: An evaluation study of Greater Orlando Graduate K-12 program. Concurrent session presented at the annual meeting of the National Evaluation Institute, Orlando, FL.
• Zygouris-Coe, V. & Swan, B. (2007, November). A study of the impact of professional development on 2,000 preK-12 teachers’ reading knowledge and instructional practice: A research-in-progress report. Paper presented at the 57th Annual NRC National Reading Conference. Austin, TX.
• Zygouris-Coe, V., Swan, B. & Edwards, M. (2007, November). Changing the course of education through online teacher professional development: The tale of large-scale statewide professional development. Presentation at the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) Virtual School Symposium (VSS), Louisville, KY.
• Zygouris-Coe, V., Swan, B. & Huh, J. (2007, November). Systemizing quality assurance for online learning & teaching in large-scale professional development. Paper presented at the 12th annual Sloan-Consortium International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks. Orlando, FL.
• Zygouris-Coe, V., & Swan, B. (2007, October). The role of targeted evaluation process on a statewide professional development project's success. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Evaluation Institute (NEI). Orlando, FL.
• Swan, B., & Smith, J. (2007, August). Evaluation of Financial Education Programs. Institute of Financial Counseling (IFC) Financial Counseling Network Fall Conference. Lake Buena Vista, FL.
• Smith, J. A. (2006, September). Grant funding in Institutes of Higher Education (IHE). Presented at the University of Central Florida, Doctoral Course in Research in Education (interdisciplinary course).
• Katzenmeyer, C., Lewis, N. S., Strebel, C., Smith, J. A., & Witta, L. (2005, October). A comprehensive evaluation and training program. Presented at the Canadian Evaluation Society/American Evaluation Association Joint Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Smith, J. A. (2005, October). A meta-evaluation of a science & technology in China evaluation report. Presented at the Canadian Evaluation Society/American Evaluation Association Joint Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Swan, B., & Subedi, B. R. (2005, July). Teacher preparation, certification, and students’ mathematics achievement in a large urban district. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Evaluation Institute (NEI). Memphis, TN.
• Strebel, C., & Lewis, N. S. (2005, January). The use of appreciative inquiry in mentoring new teachers. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeast Evaluation Association, Tallahassee, FL.
• Swan, B. (2004, October). Lessons learned from an alternative route to mathematics and science teaching. Paper presented at the annual convention of the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA). Atlanta, GA.
• Lewis, N. S., Strebel, C., & Hynes, M. C. (2004, July). Classroom observations: from planning to execution. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Evaluation Institute, Colorado Springs, CO.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2004, April). Professional development workshop for online evaluation resource library (OERL). Presenter in mini-course at the American Education Research Association meeting, San Diego, CA.
• Katzenmeyer, C., & Frechtling, J. (2004, April). Facing the challenge of accountability and knowledge generation in evaluating programs with broad goals. Presenter in panel session at the American Educational Research Association meeting, San Diego, CA.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2003, November). (Discussant). Evaluating an idea: The preparing future faculty program. Multi-paper session at the 17th annual American Evaluation Association meeting, Reno, NV.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2003, November). (Chair). Evaluating website performance: A formative evaluation of the online evaluation resource library (OERL). Panel session at the17th annual American Evaluation Association meeting, Reno, NV.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2003, April). Capacity Building through the new NSF Evaluation Research and Evaluation Capacity Building Program. Invited speaker at the Research on Evaluation SIG at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2003, April). Presenter in Fireside Chat for Educational Researchers Beginning New careers. Presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
• Lewis, N. S., Hynes, M. C., & Lowry, K. (2003, April). Tracking the student performance of staff-development participants. Research pre-session presented at the meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, San Antonio, TX.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2002, November). Current infrastructure resources. Paper presented at the 16th annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, D.C.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2002, November). (Chair). Multidisciplinary graduate education in science and technology:  NSF’s integrative graduate education and research traineeship (IGERT) program. Panel session at the 16th annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, D.C.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2002, November).  The art, science and craft of evaluation capacity building: Conversations to enhance the recent New Directions volume. Think tank presentation at the 16th annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, D.C.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2001, October). Dealing with accountability in broad, diverse grant programs. Keynote address at the AustralAsian Evaluation Society meeting, Canberra, Australia.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2001, October). The National Science Foundation’s role in evaluation capacity-building. Paper presented at the AustralAsian Evaluation Society Meeting, Canberra, Australia.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2001, April). (Chair). Evaluating web-based tools for professional development: Supporting education reform in the 21st century. Demonstration presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2000, November). (Chair). Graduate research traineeship monitoring: The NSF perspective.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Honolulu, HI.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2000, November). Mutuality of impacts of evaluation and GPRA at NSF. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Honolulu, HI.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2000, November). (Chair). Preparing Mathematics, Science and technology Education Evaluators: The National Science Foundation Experience. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Honolulu, HI.
• Katzenmeyer, C. (2000, April). (Discussant). Designing a comprehensive evaluation training strategy. Panel discussion at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Evaluation Reports

Available upon request.