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Evaluating Alabama’s Math, Science, and Technology Initiative: Results of a Three-Year, Statewide Randomized Experiment
Sun, April 15, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Marriott Pinnacle, Floor: Third Level, Pinnacle IIISession Submission Type: Symposium
Abstract
The session presents the results of a major experiment on the effectiveness of a state initiative to improve math and science achievement. The research draws on collaboration between a state education agency and a federally funded Regional Education Laboratory. Five presentations 1) introduce the initiative from the state point of view; 2) outline the experimental design; 3) provide the findings of the implementation study; 4) provide the experimental results of the initiative’s impact for the first year; 5) provide the methodology and results of the initiative’s impact after two years. The presentations are tied together in terms of the research results applied to state policy.
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Background and Policy Context for the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative - Steve Ricks, Alabama Department of Education; Jean S. Scott, Alabama Department of Education
Experimental Design of the AMSTI (Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative) Evaluation - Denis Newman, Empirical Education Inc.
Components and Implementation Results of the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative - Jenna Lynn Zacamy, Empirical Education Inc.; Laura Feagans Gould, SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Quantitative Methods and Results From the First Year of Alabama’s Math, Science, and Technology Initiative Study - Andrew P. Jaciw, Empirical Education Inc.; Boya Ma, Empirical Education Inc.
Quantitative Methods and Results From the Second Year of Alabama’s Math, Science, and Technology Initiative Study - Steve Bell, Abt Associates Inc.; Andrew P. Jaciw, Empirical Education Inc.