Memorandum of Understanding State-wide achievement test

Appendix J: Draft School Memorandum of Understanding

Appendix J, Page 1

Memorandum of Understanding
between
McREL and [School]
Study Responsibilities
McREL will provide Classroom Assessment for Student Learning (CASL) materials to each
treatment school. This includes a book for each participating teacher and a set of DVDs for
each school. McREL will provide each control school with the equivalent financial resource
of the CASL program to balance the resources received by all schools in the study. McREL
will also provide a user guide for treatment teacher teams and will lead a study orientation.
McREL will monitor teacher use of CASL and the process of data collection. Responses to
this data collection will be used only for statistical purposes. The reports prepared for this
study will summarize findings across the sample and will not associate responses with a
specific district or individual. We will not provide information that identifies you or your
district to anyone outside the study team, except as required by law. McREL will manage
the distribution and return of study instruments, analyze the data, report findings, and
provide stipends to participating teachers. McREL will assign all districts, schools and
individual participants ID numbers and strip all identifying information from the data. No
identifying information will be included in reports on this study.
[The school] will comply with random assignment of schools to treatment and control
groups, and will not supply CASL materials to teachers in the control group. All 4th and 5th
grade teachers in each treatment school will use the CASL program in a learning team and
complete all data collection activities. Schools in the control group will continue their usual
professional development practice, complete data collection activities, and refrain from
using CASL until after study completion (fall 2009). Each school will select one site
coordinator, who will help provide requested information to McREL. This involves
distribution, collection and mailing of study materials.

I understand and agree to the above information. I have received a copy of this form for my files.
School Representative’s Name:
Title:

Phone:

E-mail:
School Representative’s Signature:

Date:

Principal Researcher’s Signature:

Date:

Please return this agreement to:
Dr. Bruce Randel, Principal Researcher
McREL
4601 DTC Blvd, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80237
Fax: (303) 337-3005

Appendix J, Page 2