Research and Evaluation: Boston University's Noyce Scholarship Programs

波士顿大学正在进行一个第二阶段：研究和评估项目，以分析两个罗伯特·诺伊斯数学教师奖学金项目的结果，一个项目从2007年持续到2012年，另一个从2009年持续到2015年，与波士顿美国数学组织合作。该项目的48名毕业生是一项混合方法纵向研究的对象，该研究旨在检查他们教学的有效性和质量，以及他们在最初被分配的高需求学校的留存情况。有效性是从教学材料和学生作业样本中分析的，侧重于所分配任务的认知需求。比较小组包括来自波士顿大学其他数学教育项目的校友；波士顿为美国而教组织的成员，他们在波士顿大学参加了几门教育课程，并获得了快速证书；以及接受过其他项目培训的数学教师，他们与诺伊斯学者在同一所学校任教。这项评估工作完全是诺伊斯奖学金计划本身的外部工作，因此提供了对其有效性的公正看法。研究设计包括教育学院的教职员工和公共卫生学院的一名生物统计学家。这些结果将被广泛传播，不仅教育研究人员感兴趣，而且政策制定者和师范教育界也感兴趣。

Boston University is conducting a Phase 2: Research and Evaluation project to analyze the outcomes of two Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship programs in mathematics, one running from 2007 to 2012 and the other from 2009 to 2015 in collaboration with Math for America Boston. The 48 graduates of the programs are the subjects of a mixed-methods longitudinal study that examines the effectiveness and quality of their teaching and their retention in the high-need schools where they are initially assigned. Effectiveness is analyzed from samples of instructional materials and student work, focusing on the cognitive demands of the assigned tasks. Comparison groups include alumni from BU's other mathematics education programs; members of the Teach for America Boston corps, who take several education courses at BU and are granted expedited licensure; and mathematics teachers trained in other programs who are teaching in the same schools as the Noyce Scholars. This evaluation effort is totally external to the Noyce Scholarship programs themselves and so offers an unbiased view of their effectiveness. The study design includes faculty from the School of Education and a biostatistician from the School of Public Health. The results, to be widely disseminated, are of interest not only to education researchers but to policy makers and the teacher education community.