RAPID: A Researcher-Practitioner-Partnership to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 Recession on NGSS Implementation

RAPID：研究人员与实践者的合作伙伴关系，旨在评估 COVID-19 衰退对 NGSS 实施的影响

• 批准号: 2128789
• 负责人: Niu Gao
• 金额: $ 17.36万
• 依托单位: Public Policy Institute of California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2022-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2128789&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Researcher; Practitioner; Partnership; Assess

Today 44 states serving 71 percent of U.S. students have education standards influenced by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Local implementation is the key to the success of NGSS, yet little is known about the extent to which NGSS have been implemented in K-12 schools during COVID-19. Policymakers, educational leaders, and researchers urgently need data to know whether and how NGSS implementation is taking hold in their schools in light of changes due to COVID-19 so that they may design better supports for implementation in anticipation for school reopening for in-person learning in September 2021. This project will investigate how NGSS has been implemented in California schools during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Through a state-wide survey, analysis of administrative data, interviews and case studies, this project will assess the impact of COVID-19 on NGSS implementation on a large scale, and more importantly, the extent to which high minority, high-poverty districts are disproportionately affected. It will also identify policy options available to state and school districts. By collecting critical and timely data, this project will contribute new knowledge to understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on NGSS implementation. This knowledge is a necessary step towards policy and practice solutions that support schools and teachers in continuing implementation of NGSS and expanding educational opportunities to underrepresented minorities, English learners, and students with disabilities in post-COVID-19. The goals of the project are to (1) assess the impacts of COVID-19 on NGSS implementation in California; (2) examine whether and how high-minority, high-poverty districts are impacted more acutely than other districts; and (3) identify policies and programs state and local districts could prioritize to mitigate the impacts. A mixed methods approach will be used to answer research questions related to the above goals. Specifically, a survey of all school districts in California will be conducted. Text mining of school district administrative data will also be performed. Qualitative methods will include interviews and case studies. Extensive outreach efforts, including one-on-one briefings with the members of the legislative and executive branches, will also take place throughout the year. A researcher-practitioner partnership will be formed through engaging the California State Department of Education in allocating resources for NGSS implementation and local school districts in developing guidelines to support teachers in NGSS-aligned instruction. Project findings will be widely disseminated through online resources and digital libraries to school districts, science teachers, and curriculum developers. Project findings will inform state policymaking and increase the partnerships between research institutions and state government. This RAPID award is made by the Discovery Research preK-12 (DRK-12) program in the Division of Research on Learning. The DRK-12 program seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects.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.

如今，有44个为美国学生中有71％的州提供了受到下一代科学标准（NGSS）影响的教育标准。 本地实施是NGSS成功的关键，但是对于Covid-19期间的K-12学校中NGSS的实施程度知之甚少。决策者，教育领导者和研究人员急需数据，以了解NGSS的实施是否以及如何根据COVID-19引起的变化在学校中占据，以便他们可以设计更好的支持，以期在2021年9月在社交中重新启动学校的实施方面的实施。该项目将在CALICALIA COPOCCOCCOCTOCHIA in COLICATIC CODOCCOCTOCCONCOD CODCOCCOCTOCCONCOD CODOCC中，这将是如何实施的。 通过全州范围的调查，对行政数据，访谈和案例研究的分析，该项目将评估Covid-19对NGSS实施的影响，更重要的是，高少数族裔，高贫困地区受到不成比例的影响。它还将确定州和学区可用的政策选择。通过收集关键和及时的数据，该项目将为了解Covid-19对NGSS实施的影响而有助于新知识。 这些知识是朝着政策和实践解决方案迈出的必要步骤，该政策和实践解决方案支持学校和教师继续实施NGSS，并扩大教育机会，以使代表不足的少数群体，英国学习者和残疾学生在Covid-19-19。该项目的目标是（1）评估Covid-19对加利福尼亚州NGSS实施的影响； （2）检查是否以及高阶层，高贫困地区的影响比其他地区更为严重； （3）确定州和地方地区可以优先考虑减轻影响的政策和计划。 混合方法方法将用于回答与上述目标有关的研究问题。 具体来说，将对加利福尼亚的所有学区进行调查。 还将执行学区行政数据的文本挖掘。 定性方法将包括访谈和案例研究。 全年还将举行广泛的外展工作，包括与立法和行政部门成员进行的一对一简报。 研究人员 - 实证人的合作伙伴关系将通过与加利福尼亚州教育部参与为NGSS实施和当地学区分配资源，以制定指导方针，以支持NGSS协调教学的教师。 项目发现将通过在线资源和数字图书馆向学区，科学教师和课程开发人员广泛传播。项目调查结果将为州政策制定提供信息，并增加研究机构与州政府之间的伙伴关系。 这一快速奖是由Discovery Research Prek-12（DRK-12）计划在学习研究部中颁发的。 DRK-12计划通过研究和开发创新的资源，模型和工具来显着通过PreK-12学生和教师来显着增强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。 DRK-12计划中的项目基于STEM教育和先前的研发工作的基础研究，为拟议项目提供了理论和经验的理由。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准通过评估来进行评估的。