Research & Evaluation Services
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
The Education Alliance conducts evaluations focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM programs). These range from an innovative summer program in geographic information systems to various programs designed to increase teacher's mathematical knowledge and teaching skills. Examples of recent work include:
Advancing Rhode Island Science Education (ARISE) Rhode Island
ARISE is a Brown University program funded by the National Institutes of Health through its Science Education Partnership Awards program. ARISE is designed to engage students in inquiry-based approaches to learning about science, bring cutting-edge research into the classroom, and improve the understanding of the relevance of science to everyday life. The Education Alliance’s evaluation design for this program includes components to examine critical outcomes of the ARISE program, which are both developmental and performance driven in nature.
Building Information Technology Skills (bITS): An ITEST Program at Temple UniversityPennsylvania
The Information Technology and Society Research Group at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA contracted with The Education Alliance to evaluate its year-one implementation of the Building Information Technology Skills (bITS) program, funded by the National Science Foundation's ITEST grant.
Green Energy Technology in the City (GET City) Michigan
GET City is a youth-based program implemented by Michigan State University’s Colleges of Education and Engineering. The program is funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) grant program. A two-year, year-round program, GET City supports youth in learning to use advanced information technology skills to identify, investigate, and model solutions to urban energy problems at the Lansing Boys and Girls Club. The Education Alliance is conducting an evaluation study which will examine implementation challenges and successes as an ongoing investigation of program activities.
Microsoft's Partners in Learning 13 countries worldwide
Microsoft's Partners in Learning (PiL) contracted with The Education Alliance and a partner to conduct an evaluation of the state of information and communications technology in education in the thirteen reporting countries, and the varying prevalence of different types of PiL activities.
Partnerships and Research Investigations by Mathematicians and Educators
to Improve Mathematics Instruction (PRIMETIME): Evaluation
Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Department of Education contracted with The Education Alliance to conduct an external evaluation of its implementation of the PRIMETIME program, which provides training, curricular support and higher education coaches to work with middle and secondary school teachers throughout the state.
Partnerships and Research Investigations by Mathematicians, Engineers, and Scientists (PRIMES) Rhode Island
PRIMES is a three-year, federally funded Math Science Partnership (MSP) program of the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RIDE). The goals of the PRIMES program are to increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by enhancing the content knowledge and instructional skills of classroom teachers. Partnership between high-need school districts and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty in institutions of higher education are at the core of these improvement efforts. The evaluation study of PRIMES, conducted by The Education Alliance, examines the implementation and impact of the program at each of three selected school districts.
PBS TeacherLine Program: Evaluation
Florida, New York and South Carolina
Hezel Associates subcontracted with The Education Alliance to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of PBS's online teacher development program, TeacherLine.
Rhode Island Technology Enhanced Science Program (RITES) Evaluation
Rhode Island
The Education Alliance is leading evaluation efforts to assess the Rhode Island Technology Enhanced Sciences (RITES) program, a major statewide initiative focused on improving middle and high school science and mathematics education. In a $12.5 million award from the National Science Foundation Math & Science Partnership, the RITES program builds on extant initiatives across the state focused on inquiry-based science through a rollout of professional development, online resources, research-based content and partnered support. The evaluation design for the RITES program includes quasi-experimental approaches as well as qualitative data collection to continuously inform program staff on all aspects of program implementation and improvement efforts.
"What Is Engineering?": Evaluation
California, Maryland
Johns Hopkins University contracted with The Education Alliance to evaluate the implementation and impact of the "What is Engineering?" course in two sites associated with the MESA (Math, Engineering and Science Achievement) program.
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