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Prieto-Rodriguez, Elena; Sincock, Kristina; Blackmore, Karen – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
There are numerous interventions worldwide targeting young people's participation in STEM. While gender imbalance seems to be a focus of many of these interventions, it is not clear how many specifically target females, and from those that do, what their characteristics and strengths are. We address this gap in the existing literature by…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Literature Reviews, Secondary School Students, Females
Maria Marta Ferreyra; Camila Galindo; Sergio Urzua – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
This paper estimates the heterogeneous labor market effects of enrolling in higher education short-cycle (SC) programs. Expanding access to these programs might affect the behavior of some students (compliers) in two margins: the expansion margin (students who would not have enrolled in higher education otherwise) and the diversion margin…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Length, Program Evaluation, Higher Education
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Huerta, Jeffery J.; Watt, Karen M.; Butcher, Jennifer T. – American Secondary Education, 2013
This study examines the impact that Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) in middle school has on middle school course rigor and students' high school performance and college readiness. The study compares students who took AVID in middle school and high school with students who only took AVID in high school. The changes in middle school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Readiness, College Preparation, Program Effectiveness
Ewing-Taylor, Jacque M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A longitudinal evaluation study of a science professional development program for K-12 teachers was conducted using the CIPP evaluation model. Eleven years of program data were described and analyzed. Elementary teachers comprised 62% of the 384 participants, 17% of all participants were middle school teachers, and 13% of all participants were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness