RAPID Proposal: Establishing the STEM Corps Evaluation and Research Agenda

奥巴马总统在2013年4月宣布，国家和社区服务公司(CNCS)将发起一项STEM ameriCorps倡议，以培养学生对STEM的兴趣。目前正在准备在2013年秋季晚些时候发布一份RFA。该项目将进行快速反应研究，以确定可以开始为项目启动提供信息的评估和研究议程。因此，告知STEM ameriCorps初始阶段的时间框架相对较短，评估和研究议程的创建非常及时。快速提案的成果是：(1)审查关于使用志愿者和/或导师培养学生对STEM的兴趣的评估和研究文献；(2)召开研讨会，以确定指导倡议的评估和研究优先事项；以及(3)总结评估议程，确定有希望的方向以及围绕关键问题的证据的力量。

President Obama announced in April 2013 that the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) would launch a STEM AmeriCorps initiative to build student interest in STEM. A RFA is currently being prepared to be released in the late fall of 2013. This project will engage in quick response research to identify an evaluation and research agenda that can begin to inform the program launch. Thus, the timeframe for informing the initial stages of STEM AmeriCorps is relatively short, and the creation of an evaluation and research agenda is very timely.The products from the RAPID proposal are: (1) a review of the evaluation and research literature on the use of volunteers and/or mentors to build students' interest in STEM; (2) to convene a workshop to identify evaluation and research priorities to guide the initiative; and (3) a summary evaluation agenda that identifies promising directions along with the strength of evidence around key issues.