Deeper Learning in High Schools: Longer-Term Effects on Students' College, Civic Engagement, and Workforce Outcomes

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

The presentations in this symposium highlight relationships between deeper learning (DL) experiences in high school and longer-term student outcomes. The first presentation examines the impact of attending a DL network high school on college outcomes (e.g., bachelor’s degree attainment, developmental course-taking). The second presentation examines relationships between college outcomes and opportunities for DL (e.g., opportunities to collaborate) and DL competencies (e.g., self-efficacy) measured in high school. The third presentation examines effects of attending a DL network high school on students’ civic engagement and workforce outcomes between 5 and 6 years after expected high school graduation. The fourth presentation examines relationships between opportunities for DL and DL competencies in high school and civic engagement outcomes.

Sub Unit

• Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools / Division H - Section 1: Applied Research in Schools

Chair

• Kent McGuire, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Papers

• Effects of Attending a Deeper Learning Network High School on College Experiences and Degree Attainment - Kristina Lillian Zeiser, American Institutes for Research

• Examining Relationships Between Deeper Learning Opportunities and Competencies in High School and College Outcomes - Catherine Sousa Bitter, American Institutes for Research

• Effects of Attending a Deeper Learning Network High School on Civic Engagement and Workforce Outcomes - Elaine Yang, American Institutes for Research

• Examining Relationships Between Deeper Learning Opportunities and Competencies in High School and Later Civic Engagement - George Atupem, American Institutes for Research

Discussant

• Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement