RAPID: A Researcher-Practitioner-Partnership to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 Recession on NGSS Implementation

RAPID：研究人员与实践者的合作伙伴关系，旨在评估 COVID-19 衰退对 NGSS 实施的影响

• 批准号: 2128789
• 负责人: Niu Gao
• 金额: $ 17.36万
• 依托单位: Public Policy Institute of California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2022-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2128789&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Researcher; Practitioner; Partnership; Assess

Today 44 states serving 71 percent of U.S. students have education standards influenced by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Local implementation is the key to the success of NGSS, yet little is known about the extent to which NGSS have been implemented in K-12 schools during COVID-19. Policymakers, educational leaders, and researchers urgently need data to know whether and how NGSS implementation is taking hold in their schools in light of changes due to COVID-19 so that they may design better supports for implementation in anticipation for school reopening for in-person learning in September 2021. This project will investigate how NGSS has been implemented in California schools during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Through a state-wide survey, analysis of administrative data, interviews and case studies, this project will assess the impact of COVID-19 on NGSS implementation on a large scale, and more importantly, the extent to which high minority, high-poverty districts are disproportionately affected. It will also identify policy options available to state and school districts. By collecting critical and timely data, this project will contribute new knowledge to understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on NGSS implementation. This knowledge is a necessary step towards policy and practice solutions that support schools and teachers in continuing implementation of NGSS and expanding educational opportunities to underrepresented minorities, English learners, and students with disabilities in post-COVID-19. The goals of the project are to (1) assess the impacts of COVID-19 on NGSS implementation in California; (2) examine whether and how high-minority, high-poverty districts are impacted more acutely than other districts; and (3) identify policies and programs state and local districts could prioritize to mitigate the impacts. A mixed methods approach will be used to answer research questions related to the above goals. Specifically, a survey of all school districts in California will be conducted. Text mining of school district administrative data will also be performed. Qualitative methods will include interviews and case studies. Extensive outreach efforts, including one-on-one briefings with the members of the legislative and executive branches, will also take place throughout the year. A researcher-practitioner partnership will be formed through engaging the California State Department of Education in allocating resources for NGSS implementation and local school districts in developing guidelines to support teachers in NGSS-aligned instruction. Project findings will be widely disseminated through online resources and digital libraries to school districts, science teachers, and curriculum developers. Project findings will inform state policymaking and increase the partnerships between research institutions and state government. This RAPID award is made by the Discovery Research preK-12 (DRK-12) program in the Division of Research on Learning. The DRK-12 program seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

今天，44个州为71%的美国学生提供教育标准，这些标准受到下一代科学标准（NGSS）的影响。 本地实施是NGSS成功的关键，但在COVID-19期间，NGSS在K-12学校的实施程度知之甚少。政策制定者、教育领导者和研究人员迫切需要数据，以了解NGSS的实施是否以及如何根据COVID-19的变化在学校中站稳脚跟，以便他们可以设计更好的实施支持，以期待2021年9月学校重新开放进行面对面学习。该项目将调查在COVID-19大流行期间，NGSS如何在加州学校实施。 通过全州范围的调查、行政数据分析、访谈和案例研究，该项目将评估COVID-19对NGSS实施的大规模影响，更重要的是，评估少数民族和高度贫困地区受到的影响程度。它还将确定州和学区可用的政策选择。通过收集关键和及时的数据，该项目将为理解COVID-19对NGSS实施的影响提供新的知识。 这些知识是制定政策和实践解决方案的必要步骤，这些解决方案支持学校和教师继续实施NGSS，并在COVID-19后为代表性不足的少数民族，英语学习者和残疾学生扩大教育机会。该项目的目标是（1）评估COVID-19对加州NGSS实施的影响;（2）研究少数族裔和高度贫困地区是否以及如何受到比其他地区更严重的影响;以及（3）确定州和地方地区可以优先考虑的政策和计划，以减轻影响。 将采用混合方法来回答与上述目标有关的研究问题。 具体来说，将对加州所有学区进行调查。 还将对学区行政数据进行文本挖掘。 定性方法将包括访谈和案例研究。 全年还将开展广泛的外展工作，包括与立法和行政部门成员进行一对一的简报会。 将通过与加州州教育部合作，为NGSS的实施分配资源，并与当地学区合作，制定指导方针，支持教师进行NGSS指导教学。 项目结果将通过在线资源和数字图书馆向学区、科学教师和课程开发人员广泛传播。项目结果将为国家决策提供信息，并增加研究机构与州政府之间的伙伴关系。 这个快速奖是由发现研究preK-12（DRK-12）计划在学习研究部。DRK-12计划旨在通过研究和开发创新资源，模型和工具，显着提高preK-12学生和教师的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。DRK-12项目中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究以及为拟议项目提供理论和经验依据的先前研究和开发工作的基础上。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。