The Effects of Teacher Participation in a Scientific Work Experience Program on Student Attitudes and Achievement: A Collaborative Multi-site Study

教师科学工作经验项目（SWEPTs）是在工业、大学或政府研发机构开展的以实验室为基础的培训项目。目前在34个州有72个swept，预计年支出在1100万至1500万美元之间。然而，关于swept影响的评估数据有限，几乎没有学生成绩数据。本项目将对8个“横扫”项目的参与者及其学生进行为期4年的跟踪调查（约70名教师和140个班级）。同样，将对同一所学校的一组可比的教师及其学生进行研究。学生的表现将通过国家教育进步评估工具中专门为这项研究创建的一套共同的成就衡量标准来确定。学生态度和课堂体验数据也将被收集。教师资料将包括个人资料和课堂实践。每年将从教师和学生中收集研究前后的数据。该研究将由哥伦比亚大学的Silverstein博士监督8名swept，但该研究将由Westat公司进行。这项为期四年的研究的第一年将专门用于完成执行安排。

Scientific Work Experience Programs for Teachers (SWEPTs) are laboratory-based training programs run in industry, university or government R&D settings. There are 72 SWEPTs currently existing in 34 states, with estimated annual expenditures between $11-15 million. However, there is limited evaluation data on the impact of SWEPTs and virtually no student outcome data.This project will follow the participants and their students of 8 SWEPT programs over 4 years (approximately 70 teacher and 140 classes). A comparable set of teachers and their students from the same schools will similarly be studied. Student performance will be determined through a common set of achievement measures created specifically for this study from the National Assessment of Education Progress instruments. Student attitude and classroom experience data will also be collected. Teacher data will include biographical information and classroom practices. Pre-post data will be collected each year of the study from both teachers and students. The study will be overseen by Dr. Silverstein at Columbia University for the 8 SWEPTs but the study will be carried out by Westat, Inc. The first year of this four-year study will be devoted to completing implementation arrangements.