RITES:Rhode Island Technology Enhanced Science Program

罗德岛大学（URI）、罗德岛学院（RIC）、约翰斯顿公立学校和罗德岛教育部（RIDE）是全州范围内提高所有中学科学教学质量的全面努力的核心合作伙伴。布朗大学的教育联盟将对该项目进行评估，该联盟与罗德岛社区学院、罗德岛经济发展公司和康科德财团共同支持该项目。罗德岛技术促进科学（礼仪）是基于在州长的支持下发起的结构改革。由PK-16委员会制定的一项行动计划导致了1500万美元的投资，以建立一个永久性的STEM中心，该中心设有两个新的终身职位，并将为所有学校提供支持。全面的全州STEM教育改革也得到了各级政府和学术界的支持，而RITES代表了这一努力中组织和结构的宝贵实验。在NSF资助的五年里，RITES项目将改变所有中学的科学教学质量，目标是增加精通科学并从事科学、工程、技术和数学（STEM）职业的学生的数量和多样性。该项目的核心是罗德岛教育社区的所有部分（即教师和学校系统，高等教育科学部门和教育学校，监督和支持STEM教育的各个州办公室以及私营部门）的无缝整合。RITES将为所有686名初中和高中教师以及83339名学生提供优秀的、具有挑战性的、基于计算机的、符合标准的科学材料。一对对高中和附属中学将通过制定统一、全面的初中和高中科学行动计划共同加入该伙伴关系，该计划将整合礼教资源、教师专业发展和学生材料、学校需求和正在进行的学校改革。参与该项目的学校将期望有学校领导和至少75%的科学教师的积极参与。教师参加短期课程不仅是为了加深他们的内容知识和教学方法，也是为了学习如何为自己的课堂定制新设计的课程材料。综合评估计划将包括新英格兰共同评估计划（NECAP）科学评估的年度审查，该评估将于2008年春季首次实施。结果将按种族、性别、残疾和收入分列。学生成绩、教师专业发展和劳动力多样性的具体基准将用于跟踪进展。

The University of Rhode Island (URI), Rhode Island College (RIC), Johnston Public Schools and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) are Core Partners in a comprehensive, statewide effort to improve the quality of science teaching and learning at all secondary schools. The Education Alliance at Brown University, which will evaluate the project, is a supporting partner together with the Community College of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and the Concord Consortium. Rhode Island Technology Enhanced Science (RITES) is based upon structural reform initiated with the support of the Governor. An action plan developed by a PK-16 council resulted in an investment of $15 million to establish a permanent STEM Center that features two new tenure track positions and will provide support to all schools. The comprehensive statewide STEM education reform also has support from all levels of government and academia and RITES represents a valuable experiment in organization and structure within that effort. The RITES project will, in five years of NSF funding, transform the quality of science teaching and learning at all secondary schools, with the goal of increasing the number and diversity of students who are proficient in science and pursue careers in Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM). The heart of the project is the seamless integration of all segments of the Rhode Island educational community (i.e., teachers and school systems, higher education science departments and schools of education, the various state offices that monitor and support STEM education and the private sector). RITES will impact all 686 middle school and high school teachers and all of their 83,339 students with excellent, challenging, computer-based, standards-aligned, science materials. Pairs of high schools and feeder middle schools will join the Partnership together by developing a unified, comprehensive, middle and high school science action plan that will integrate RITES resources, for professional development of teachers and materials for students, with school needs and ongoing school reform. Schools that participate in the project will be expected to have the active engagement of the school leadership and at least 75% of the science teachers. Teachers will attend short courses not only to deepen their content knowledge and pedagogy but also to learn how to customize the newly designed curricular materials for their own classrooms. The comprehensive evaluation plan will include annual reviews of the New England Common Assessments Program (NECAP) science assessment,which will be administered for the first time in Spring 2008. Results will be disaggregated by race, gender and disabilities and income. Specific benchmarks for student achievement, teacher professional development and workforce diversity will be used to track progress.