Evaluation of the WWU GK-12 Catalysts for Reform program is documenting information about the Fellows and Teachers entering the program, assessing the professional development and related activities of the grant, and capturing outcomes of the program for Fellows, Teachers, participating schools and WWU. Lisa Bryce Lewis, LBL Educational Consulting, is coordinating the overall program evaluation, collecting, summarizing, and analyzing evaluation data. Fellows and Teachers contribute formative writing, respond to surveys, participate in entry/exit interviews, and open their classrooms to visitations by GK-12 staff.

WWU's Catalysts for Reform seeks to achieve the following major goals: Improve the teaching and communication skills of WWU science graduate students; enhance the science learning experiences of middle school students; strengthen partnerships between WWU and the GK-12 districts; and, contribute evidence-based outcomes to the learning and teaching knowledge base.