Reports/Studies

The Effects of an Incentive-Based High-School Intervention on College Outcomes

Kirabo Jackson analyzes the longer-run effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for passing scores on Advanced Placement exams. Using a difference-in-difference strategy, he finds that affected students of all ethnicities attend college in greater numbers, have improved college GPAs, and are more likely to remain in college behind their freshman year.

Launching the 21st Century American Aerospace Workforce

The long-term vitality of the U.S. aerospace workforce is a priority issue for AIA. This report is a starting point for the aerospace industry to collectively recommend and develop solutions to overcome the problem. And it is an invitation for government and like-minded stakeholders to partner with us in designing those solutions.

5th Annual AP Report to the Nation

The 5th Annual AP Report to the Nation, released in February 2009, uses a combination of state, national and AP Program data to provide each U.S. state with the context it can use to celebrate its successes, understand its unique challenges, and set meaningful, data-driven goals to prepare more students for success in college.

The Hamilton Project

Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job

Recent research suggests that paper qualifications have little predictive power in identifying effective teachers. The Hamilton Project proposes federal support to help states measure the effectiveness of individual teachers - based on their impact on student achievement, subjective evaluations by principals and peers, and parental evaluations.

An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification

This report compares the achievement of elementary school students in the same grade, at the same school who were randomly assigned to teachers who chose to be trained through different routes to certification - traditional education school routes and alternative routes. The evaluation found that students of teachers who chose to enter teaching through an alternative route did not perform statistically different from students of teachers who chose a traditional route to teaching.

Students Who Study Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Postsecondary Education

Using data from the 1995-96 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:96/01), this Statistics in Brief focuses on undergraduates who enter STEM programs and examines their characteristics and postsecondary outcomes (persistence and degree completion) several years after beginning postsecondary education.

Rising Above The Gathering Storm

Rising Above The Gathering Storm is a report from the prestigious National Academies in 2005 that warned the nation about the dangers of falling behind the world in math and science education. This was the inspiration for the founding of the National Math and Science Initiative, a proactive new non-profit organization dedicated to helping U.S. educators and students regain the competitive edge in math and science.

Changing the Conversation

Changing the Conversation is a vital tool for improving the public image of engineering and outreach efforts related to engineering. It is a book which provides actionable strategies and market-tested messages for presenting a richer, more positive image of engineering. It presents and discusses in detail market research about what the public finds most appealing about engineering as well as what turns the public off.

An Investigation of College Performance of AP and Non-AP Student Groups

This study sought to perform a global assessment of the performance of students in the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program compared to non-AP students on a number of college outcome measures. Ten AP Exams and six aggregated AP subject areas were examined in this two-phase study of students in four entering classes (1998-2001) at the University of Texas at Austin.

Falling Behind

This new report indicates that the current generation is, on average, heading toward being less educated than its predecessor due to persistent gaps in educational achievements between whites and minorities.