Lexington Seminar Summation Report

The Lexington Seminar: Summation of the The Gordon Group Report

The summation report for the Lexington Seminar project is now available online!

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From its inception, The Lexington Seminar has sought to measure and analyze the impact of its efforts. In fact, one of my primary roles throughout the Seminar has been to evaluate its work, particularly the effect of its June Seminars and Consultations. So it was entirely consistent with its commitment to measurement and analysis that The Lexington Seminar invited the Gordon Group (a team of independent researchers led by Dr. Bryan Auday and Dr. Daniel Johnson) to evaluate the Seminar’s efforts and determine the reaction of its participants.

The Gordon Group developed a two-phase study of all thirty-five participating schools from 1999 to 2005. The first phase of the study consisted of a 42-item questionnaire that was sent to all 307 participants. Responses came back from 130 participants, for a very credible 42-percent response rate. The second phase consisted of in-depth interviews with eight selected participants, who provided more detailed responses and anecdotal information.

In early 2007, the Gordon Group returned its findings in a 149-page research report. The following pages contain a summary of those findings. Direct excerpts are in quotes ...

Click here to read the full report