KC STEM Alliance Evaluation – October 2011

Researchers Tamera Murdock (UMKC), Carolyn Barber (UMKC), and Leigh Anne Taylor Knight (KC-AERC) are developing methods for evaluating the effect of the Kansas City STEM Alliance on constituent communities. Specifically the team will:

• work with the KC STEM Alliance to develop a logic model for the evaluation;
• in collaboration with the KC STEM Alliance and KC-AERC, create a plan to jointly obtain the necessary data for evaluation;
• provide data analyses of archival data from the KC STEM Alliance and KC-AERC;
• submit a report summarizing the findings based on data provided by the KC STEM Alliance and KC-AERC.

• Research

• • Math Matters: Transition from K-12 to Post-secondary Education
  • Kansas City Teen Plaza Issues
  • KC STEM Alliance Evaluation - October 2011
  • SySTEMic Innovations
  • Kansas City Freedom Schools Initiative

• • Algebra Study
  • Kansas City Teacher Labor Market Project
  • Transition to Higher Education
  • Value Added Modeling

Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium