Mathematics and Science
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Examples of Significant Work
Everyday Mathematics Randomized Controlled Trial: SEDL is conducting a national, large-scale randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of McGraw-Hill Education’s Everyday Mathematics, a curriculum for preK–6 students. The rigorous study, which will involve some 10,500 students in 60 schools across several districts, will use a multisite cluster randomized trial design to examine whether Everyday Mathematics affects student math achievement over 3 school years and whether outcomes vary significantly across students, schools, and districts.
National Center for Quality Afterschool: SEDL’s National Center for Quality Afterschool uses Web-based technology to provide research-based resources and professional development that help afterschool and expanded learning instructors develop high-quality, balanced programs. The National Center’s online Afterschool Training Toolkit contains math and science resources, including promising practices, sample lessons, and videos.
Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC): SEDL's SECC works with the state departments of education of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina to build their capacity to improve student academic achievement, including achievement in mathematics and science. For example, in Mississippi and South Carolina, SECC staff helped increase the rigor of the state standards in math and science. Staff are also helping to align Mississippi's framework for mathematics to the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.
Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC): SEDL's TXCC works with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the state’s 20 education service centers (ESCs) to build staff capacity to improve student academic achievement, including achievement in math and science. For example, TXCC staff are providing the ESCs with professional development on teaching math to English language learners. The TXCC is also a partner in the Mathematics for English Language Learners (MELL) project, housed at Texas State University.
MyMoon Program Evaluation: In partnership with the Lunar Planetary Institute, SEDL is evaluating a new educational portal, MyMoon: The Public’s Portal to Lunar Science Exploration Through New Media. The portal will provide science and lunar content, media exhibits, and opportunities for the public to interact with lunar scientists and experts. Funding is through the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences-2008 (ROSES-2008) program at NASA’s Education & Public Outreach for Earth & Space Science.
Connecting Kids to Math and Science: SEDL staff are working with six high-need schools in the Austin Independent School District in Texas to strengthen student engagement and achievement in math and science during grades 5–8. Staff are providing teachers with professional development in designing and implementing engaging and conceptually challenging problem-based learning activities in math and science as well as skills and resources in integrating technology. The professional development created during the project will be shared with other educators and schools. The Educational Foundation of America and the KDK-Harman Foundation are funding the project.
Mosaic: An Integrated Approach to Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Language: SEDL staff are updating and expanding Paso Partners, a popular supplemental instructional program for boosting math and science achievement among Spanish-speaking students. Funded through the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, the new Mosaic program will cover grades K–5, reflect current standards and expectations in science, and address the achievement gap between English language learners and other students as well as the challenge of learning a language and academic content at the same time.
Past Work
Scaling Up Mathematics Achievement (SUMA): SEDL assisted in a 5-year evaluation of the Scaling Up Mathematics Achievement (SUMA) project. The evaluation assessed whether the Building Capacity Model, which decreased the math achievement gap in a rural New Mexico school district, was effective in a larger urban district with mixed ethnicities and a different organizational structure. The project team partnered with the Las Cruces Public School District to improve math instruction and achievement in the district. SEDL's evaluation assessed how to modify the model to strengthen its effectiveness and replicability, and which components of the model had the most positive effect on student achievement. The National Science Foundation funded the project.
Southwest Consortium for the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Teaching (SCIMAST) (1992–2005): SCIMAST was 1 of 10 regional mathematics and science consortia funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. SCIMAST worked to improve mathematics and science learning through teachers’ use of research-based knowledge and resources, especially in economically disadvantaged schools.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: SEDL served as an affiliate professional development provider for the nationwide Partnership for 21st Century Skills, an initiative formed by major U.S. technology corporations and the U.S. Department of Education to teach skills that students need to succeed in the 21st century.
Texas 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Project Evaluation: SEDL and Academic Information Management, Inc., conducted case studies and cross-case analyses to evaluate Texas 21st CCLC grantees in their second year of implementation. The evaluation study was designed to provide qualitative data that would contribute to a larger quantitative study of the grant program. SEDL identified and profiled promising 21st CCLC projects across Texas and examined common characteristics across the afterschool programs they implemented.
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