Collaborative Research: Retention, Persistence, and Effectiveness of STEM Teachers in High-need School Districts-An Investigation of the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship

合作研究：高需求学区 STEM 教师的保留、持久性和有效性——对 NSF 罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金的调查

• 批准号: 1950284
• 负责人: Michael Hansen
• 金额: $ 34万
• 依托单位: Brookings Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950284&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Retention; Persistence; Effectiveness

This project aims to investigate how to build a reliable high-quality supply of STEM teachers for high-need school districts. This work will contribute to the national need for educating a robust and diverse STEM workforce. The project will analyze whether and, if so, how scholarships provided by the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program help to alleviate STEM teacher shortages. The project seeks also to provide insights about how to create partnerships between local school districts and higher education institutions. The collaborating institutions are in two populous states, and together serve both rural and urban school districts and cover multiple STEM disciplines. This research has the potential to raise awareness of challenges STEM teachers face in high-need settings and to suggest policy solutions to address these challenges. In addition, the project will contribute to understanding the influence of the Noyce program on the STEM teacher workforce.This project involves three core research institutions (Texas State University, Florida Atlantic University, and The Brookings Institution) and four collaborating institutions with Noyce programs (Texas State University, University of Texas at Arlington, University of West Florida, and Florida International University). The project will mine local and national databases for patterns that uncover the impact of Noyce projects on the supply of STEM teachers in the school districts they serve. The project seeks to raise awareness of challenges specific to STEM teachers in high-need settings, generate evidence-based policy solutions, and promote a better understanding of how Noyce projects influence the STEM teacher workforce. Project research questions include: (1) What are the characteristics of STEM teachers in high-need school districts and how have these characteristics changed over time? (2) What factors are associated with STEM teacher retention and persistence in high-need school districts? (3) What types of district or school programs or policies are associated with stronger STEM workforce measures? (4) What is the estimated impact of proximity to the Noyce program on the STEM teacher workforce in high-need school districts? (5) Do high-need school districts with higher proportions of Noyce graduates perform better on student outcomes or experience smaller race- or poverty-based gaps than other high-need school districts with fewer Noyce graduates? (6) What are the demographics and qualifications of the STEM teacher candidate pool, and how do they change during the training process? (7) Do different programs have varying levels of success getting candidates through their programs? (8) How do local high-need school districts perceive teachers coming from Noyce institutions? The research team will use secondary data and collect primary data to examine these questions. Secondary data will include several nationally representative surveys on teachers, schools, school districts, and principals administered by the National Center on Education Statistics. New primary data will be generated through interviews at collaborating institutions with Noyce programs and through the administration of an alumni survey. The research team will also work with collaborating Noyce institutions to extract and analyze program data on the selection and matriculation of teacher candidates. This Track 4: Noyce Research project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在研究如何为高需求学区建立可靠的高质量 STEM 教师供应。 这项工作将有助于满足国家培养强大且多样化的 STEM 劳动力的需求。该项目将分析诺伊斯教师奖学金计划提供的奖学金是否有助于缓解 STEM 教师短缺问题，如果是的话，将如何帮助缓解。该项目还旨在提供有关如何在当地学区和高等教育机构之间建立伙伴关系的见解。合作机构位于两个人口稠密的州，共同服务于农村和城市学区，涵盖多个 STEM 学科。这项研究有可能提高人们对 STEM 教师在高需求环境中面临的挑战的认识，并提出应对这些挑战的政策解决方案。 此外，该项目将有助于了解诺伊斯计划对 STEM 教师队伍的影响。该项目涉及三个核心研究机构（德克萨斯州立大学、佛罗里达大西洋大学和布鲁金斯学会）以及四个与诺伊斯计划合作的机构（德克萨斯州立大学、德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校、西佛罗里达大学和佛罗里达国际大学）。该项目将挖掘当地和国家数据库的模式，揭示诺伊斯项目对其所服务的学区 STEM 教师供应的影响。该项目旨在提高对高需求环境中 STEM 教师面临的特定挑战的认识，制定基于证据的政策解决方案，并促进更好地了解诺伊斯项目如何影响 STEM 教师队伍。项目研究问题包括：（1）高需求学区的 STEM 教师有哪些特征以及这些特征随着时间的推移如何变化？ (2) 哪些因素与高需求学区 STEM 教师的保留和坚持相关？ (3) 哪些类型的地区或学校计划或政策与更强有力的 STEM 劳动力措施相关？ (4) 接近诺伊斯计划对高需求学区 STEM 教师队伍的估计影响是什么？ (5) 与其他诺伊斯毕业生较少的高需求学区相比，诺伊斯毕业生比例较高的高需求学区是否在学生成绩方面表现更好，或者因种族或贫困而产生的差距更小？ (6) STEM 教师候选库的人口统计和资格是怎样的，以及它们在培训过程中如何变化？ (7) 不同的项目在吸引候选人通过其项目方面的成功程度是否不同？ (8) 当地高需求学区如何看待来自诺伊斯机构的教师？研究团队将使用二手数据并收集原始数据来研究这些问题。二手数据将包括由国家教育统计中心管理的多项针对教师、学校、学区和校长的全国代表性调查。新的主要数据将通过对诺伊斯项目合作机构的访谈以及校友调查的管理来生成。研究团队还将与诺伊斯合作机构合作，提取和分析有关教师候选人选拔和入学的项目数据。此轨道 4：诺伊斯研究项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划 (Noyce) 支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的 STEM 本科专业和专业人士成为高效的 K-12 STEM 教师，并支持经验丰富、堪称典范的 K-12 STEM 教师成为高需求学区的 STEM 大师级教师。它还支持对高需求学区 K-12 STEM 教师的持久性、保留性和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。