Our shared goal is to improve P-20 education for all students in the Kansas City metropolitan area by providing powerful tools for data-driven educational policy research, evaluation, and implementation.
In the spring of 2011 the Kansas City Freedom Schools Initiative (KCFSI) contracted with the Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium (KC-‐AERC) to assess whether the Freedom Schools summer program had a positive impact on its scholars, both academically and … Continue reading
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Between January 1 and June 30 of 2011, the research team will work to develop methodologies that will enable the KC-STEM Alliance to (1) examine the impact of Project Lead The Way (PLTW), First Robotics and other STEM programs on … Continue reading
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Contracted by the Kansas City Regional P20 Council, KC-AERC undertook the task of identifying and surveying the educational entities providing services to students from pre-school aged to 20 years of formal schooling in the nine-county region of the Kansas City … Continue reading
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KC-AERC Path To College (49 pages, PDF), presented 03/07/11 by KC-AERC
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Cypress Research Associates, LLC conducted research with key stakeholders on behalf of The Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium (KC-AERC). The goal of the research was determine stakeholder perceptions regarding: Data of interest regarding school district performance and function The … Continue reading
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