Research and Evaluation: Boston University's Noyce Scholarship Programs

波士顿大学正在开展第二阶段：研究和评估项目，以分析两个Robert Noyce数学教师奖学金项目的成果，一个从2007年到2012年，另一个从2009年到2015年，与波士顿美国数学合作。这些项目的48名毕业生是一项混合方法纵向研究的对象，该研究考察了他们的教学效果和质量，以及他们最初被分配到的高需求学校的留任情况。从教学材料和学生作业的样本中分析有效性，重点关注所分配任务的认知需求。比较组包括波士顿大学其他数学教育项目的校友；“为美国而教”波士顿队的成员，他们在波士顿大学学习了几门教育课程，并获得了加急执照；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。这项评估工作完全独立于诺伊斯奖学金项目本身，因此对其有效性提供了公正的看法。研究设计包括来自教育学院的教师和来自公共卫生学院的生物统计学家。研究结果将得到广泛传播，不仅教育研究人员感兴趣，而且政策制定者和教师教育界也感兴趣。

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.