As an extension of the Research Alliance’s ongoing evaluation of the CS4All initiative, we are collaborating with UCLA’s CS Equity Project to understand the use and outcomes of Power On! in NYC public schools.

This study will foster a better understanding of the challenges faced by schools that are lagging behind in providing computer science education to all of their students, and identify supports and strategies to help them make progress.

CS4All is a 10-year, $81 million public-private partnership between the City of New York and the private sector, designed to bring computer science education to every student in NYC public schools.

This study will develop and test measures of culturally responsive-sustaining education (CR-SE) in computer science—providing vital tools and evidence to inform the growing CS education field.

This project will field-test a self-assessment tool designed to help elementary schools create CT integration plans and support the provision of equitable access to CT education for students from traditionally underrepresented groups.

The study is aimed at better understanding how many and which students are interested in STEM apprenticeships, documenting students’ experiences in the programs, and assessing how the programs shape students’ interest and engagement in STEM subjects and fields.

In collaboration with Schools That Can and MakerState, the Research Alliance is evaluating the implementation of Maker Partnership curriculum and professional development.

Design2Learn is an afterschool program for students in middle school—a period in which student performance in science often declines sharply.

MDRC is conducting a study of the NYC P-TECH Grades 9-14 school model. The Research Alliance is supporting MDRC’s work by advising on research design and analyses, helping identify appropriate samples of students for the study, and constructing longitudinal data files needed to evaluate P-TECH’s implementation and impact.

In the 2010-2011 academic year, three New York City middle schools began piloting School of One (SO1), a program that leverages data to individualize math instruction.