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Children's Drawings are Added To Available Assessment Tools
Boston College's Walter Haney receives major funding from the Spencer Foundation to look at children's drawings ![]()
Researchers at the School of Education have received a two-year grant of $530,000 from the Spencer Foundation for a study that asks elementary and middle school children to draw pictures of their classroom experiences.
The study already has yielded more than 7,000 drawings that have offered a compelling view of youngsters' attitudes toward teachers, tests and learning, according to project director Prof. Walter Haney (SOE) of the Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Educational Policy. "Some of our faculty colleagues have raised their eyebrows at this sort of inquiry," said Haney, who began the study four years ago. "Frankly, getting a half-million-dollar grant from a major foundation has inspired people to think a little differently." |