Successfully Completed Projects

PERC has funded research collaborations between University of Arizona College of Education faculty and area school districts resulting in a succesful partnership addressing the needs of local school districts. 

Mary Carol Combs, Todd Fletcher, and Carol Evans were awarded $5475.00 to conduct focused participant observations of Sheltered English Immersion classrooms. Profs. Combs, Evans, and Fletcher collaborated with Sunnyside School District, which committed $4230 to the project.

Jerome D'Agostino was awarded $9915.80 to study the effectiveness of AIMS exit exam interventions. Prof. D'Agostino collaborated with Flowing Wells School District, which committed funding of $5000.

Bruce Johnson, Jerome D'Agostino, and Christopher Harris were awarded $10,000 for Development of Science Unit Assessments Aligned to School Curriculum and the Arizona Science Standard. The project was a collaboration with the Tucson Unified School District, which committed $5000 to the project.

If you would like to learn more about these projects please contact the projects Principal Investigators.