EETAP States Program

EETAP States Program
Washington
Key Contacts	What's the latest?
Margaret Tudor WA Project WILD/Nature Mapping Director Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way N., Olympia, Washington 98501 phone: 360-902-8309 fax: 360-902-8117 email: tudormtt@dfw.wa.gov www.wa.gov/wdfw Lynne Ferguson Director Environmental Education WA Forest Protection Association 724 Columbia St NW Suite 250 Olympia, WA 98501 phone: 360-705-9282 fax: 360-350-4621 Email: lferguson@wfpa.org	WA Completes Research on Student Achievement and Environmental Literacy Washington EE Partnership Receives Federal Funding (June 2004 press release) Update reported in The EE Advocate, NEEAP's bi-annual newsletter. Summer 2004 update Winter 2004 update Fall 2003 update Spring 2003 update Fall 2002 update Spring 2002 update

Project Summary

The Washington EETAP team will be working to create K-20 community Hubs within three major school districts that have been involved in the past three years. School districts, colleges and teacher preparation professionals have committed to implement and document how environmental education (EE) builds upon education reform while increasing student learning and meeting the local and state learning goals. The Hubs will create a network of educators exemplifying the best practices used in EE and education reform.

What's New?

Washington Completes Research on Student Achievement and Environmental Literacy

The Pacific Education Institute (PEI) recently completed a study of student achievement and environmental literacy. The research looked at relationships between environmental education and state standards. PEI�s current research compares the scores on the Environment Integrated state standardized-type tests for fifth and eighth grade students. WA EETAP Project Manager Margaret Tudor said that student scores of the model EE tests indicates a solid relationship with the same student scores on the math, writing and reading state test scores (WASL scores). WA�s researcher Dr. Catherine Taylor (from the University of Washington) concluded that these important findings demonstrate a solid relationship between performance on integrated environment-based assessments and student achievement on Washington's state tests. Tudor said these results confirm that there is a strong relationship between the performances of students on WA�s standardized tests and EE instructional experiences that intentionally integrate the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs), Washington�s state standards. The results of the research, found in Technical Report #7, will be available at PEI�s website www.pacificeducationinstitute.org by March 3. For more information contact WA EETAP Project Managers Margaret Tudor at (360) 902-8309 or tudormtt@dfw.wa.gov or Lynne Ferguson at (360) 705-9282 or lferguson@wfpa.org.

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