STEM Schools Versus Non-STEM Schools: Comparing Students' Mathematics Growth Rate on High-Stakes Test Performance

• In Event: 46.087 - Poster Session 8
  In Poster Session: 46.087-5 - STEM Matters: Curriculum, Instructional Practices, and Student Gains

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine how students who participated in T-STEM schools performed on Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) mathematics compared to their corresponding peers who participated in traditional public schools in Texas. The present study included 18 T-STEM schools and 18 matched non-STEM schools. The sample consisted of 3 years of TAKS mathematics data for 3108 students. Results revealed that at the end of grade 9, students who participated in T-STEM academies performed higher in mathematics compared to their counterparts in comparison schools. The present study found that female students who participated in T-STEM academies performed higher in TAKS mathematics than male students in comparison schools.

Authors

• Ali Bicer, University of Wyoming

• Bilgin Navruz, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Niyazi Erdogan, Balikesir University

• Mary Margaret Capraro, Texas A&M University

• Robert M. Capraro, Texas A&M University