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Noam, Gil G.; Allen, Patricia J.; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip M. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2020
There has been a growing need felt by practitioners, researchers, and evaluators to obtain a common measure of science engagement that can be used in different out-of-school time (OST) science learning settings. We report on the development and validation of a novel 10-item self-report instrument designed to measure, communicate, and ultimately…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, After School Programs
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James Cowan; Dan Goldhaber – Review of Higher Education, 2015
We study a popular dual enrollment program in Washington State, "Running Start" using a new administrative database that links high school and postsecondary data. Conditional on prior high school performance, we find that students participating in Running Start are more likely to attend any college but less likely to attend four-year…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Preparation, College Bound Students, Educational Attainment
James Cowan; Dan Goldhaber – Grantee Submission, 2015
We study a popular dual enrollment program in Washington State, "Running Start" using a new administrative database that links high school and postsecondary data. Conditional on prior high school performance, we find that students participating in Running Start are more likely to attend any college but less likely to attend four-year…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Preparation, College Bound Students, Educational Attainment
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Raudenbush, Stephen W.; Reardon, Sean F.; Nomi, Takako – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Multisite trials can clarify the average impact of a new program and the heterogeneity of impacts across sites. Unfortunately, in many applications, compliance with treatment assignment is imperfect. For these applications, we propose an instrumental variable (IV) model with person-specific and site-specific random coefficients. Site-specific IV…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Computation