Curriculum Research & Development Group

Donald B. Young
Director, CRDG
Professor of Education

 

CRDG

CRDG Mission Statement
The Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), with its Education Laboratory School, is an organized research unit in the College of Education at the University of Hawai‘i that conducts research and creates, evaluates, disseminates, and supports educational programs that serve students, teachers, parents, and other educators in grades preK–12.

CRDG . . . contributes to the body of professional knowledge and practice in teaching and learning, curriculum development, program dissemination and implementation, evaluation and assessment, and school improvement.


"Committed to Quality"
We are pleased to present this 2004 Year in Review highlighting the work and successes of our dedicated educators, support staff , and students at the
Curriculum Research & Development Group. We continue our nearly 40-year history as a learner-centered community of educators, recognized locally, nationally, and globally for quality research, design, and curricula that inspire dynamic teaching and learning.

With over $9 million in externally funded projects, CRDG staff focus their research, development, training, and dissemination efforts in five focus areas: mathematics and science; Hawai‘i, Asia and the Pacific; learning technologies; serving diverse learners; and highly effective school systems. In the following pages you will find stories about the people who make up CRDG, their commitment to quality, their on-going work, and their successes and accomplishments in 2004.

We gratefully acknowledge our collaborators, both individual and institutional, our generous funding agencies, and our publishing partners. These collaborations enable us to carry out our mission of researching, creating, evaluating, disseminating, and supporting quality educational programs for all students and teachers in grades preK though 12.

The Laboratory School students, who are an essential part of our research and development work, have also accomplished a great deal this year. For the third year, the Laboratory School is ranked among the top public schools in the state based on Hawai‘i State Assessments. We had a National Merit Scholar finalist and semi-finalist. In addition, our students excelled in writing, speech, art, music, and athletics, winning individual and team awards in all these categories. Needless to say, we are proud of our faculty's and our students' accomplishments.

Aristotle noted that "we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."

At CRDG we continue to be committed to excellence and quality.

Donald B. Young
Director, CRDG
Professor of Education


Curriculum Research & Development Group
The Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) is an organized research unit in the College of Education at the University of Hawai‘i. Since 1966, CRDG has served the educational community locally, nationally, and internationally by

  • conducting research and creating, evaluating, disseminating, and supporting educational programs that serve students, teachers, parents, and other educators in grades preK-12; and
  • contributing to the body of professional knowledge and practice in teaching and learning, curriculum development, program dissemination and implementation, evaluation and assessment, and school improvement.

CRDG operates the Education Laboratory, a Hawai‘i New Century Public Charter School (ELS) as its R & D laboratory under an agreement with its local school board. About 60% of the CRDG contracts and grants require access to the ELS students on a regular and ongoing basis. ELS provides a K-12 student population in a controlled environment where CRDG faculty conducts its research and development work. Additionally, ELS serves as a demonstration site for improving K-12 education, while providing a high quality education for its 400 students. The students, randomly selected from among applicants to represent a broad cross section of the state population, provide real world data on ways all students can succeed.

This report highlights the amount and range of work done by CRDG's talented and creative staff in 2004. As a group, they administered 33 contracts and grants totaling over $9 million, published 41 books, articles, and multi-media products, and served teachers and students throughout the state of Hawai‘i, the continental United States, and many other parts of the world.

Funding Agencies
Go For Broke Foundation
Harold K. L. Castle Foundation
Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools
Hawai‘i Department of Education
Hawai‘i Department of Health
Japan United States Friendship Commission
The Kamehameha Schools (PASE)
David and Cecelia Lee Foundation
National Science Foundation
Open Society Institute
Quadey Foundation
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Health
U.S. Department of State
University of Hawai‘i

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