EAGER: CSforAll:Engaging Districts to Plan, Implement and Assess Scalable Models for CSforAll

马萨诸塞大学将与马萨诸塞州斯普林菲尔德和霍利奥克公立学校的地区和学校管理人员以及教师合作，开发基于研究的规划、设计和实施过程，这将有助于在所有年级引入计算思维，并为所有学生提供计算机科学课程和内容。作为“计算机科学普及计划”的一部分，这项工作将协助两个学区制定全面的计划，使所有公立高中都能提供计算机课程，让学生在小学和初中有机会参与计算机科学学习，并确保所有学生，包括女孩和代表性不足的少数民族都能获得计算机科学课程。本项目的目标是通过研究和评估，建立有效的地区层面全民CS战略的流程，这将成为马萨诸塞州其他地区的典范，并为全国采用提供路线图。马萨诸塞州的每个学区都面临着挑战：理解新的国家数字素养/计算机科学标准的期望；确定各年级的策略；课程的选择、开发和实施；解决教师和学生的问题；理解行政和结构问题。这些挑战由于最近课程、工具和专业发展选择的激增以及越来越多的竞争供应商而加剧。许多这些选择都没有充分的教育研究基础，增加了开发模范地区战略的复杂性，这些战略可以为全州战略规划提供信息。这个提议的活动开始了两个模型规划过程，在研究和最佳实践的基础上，为马萨诸塞州霍利奥克和斯普林菲尔德地区创建了CSforAll计划。这项工作将整合研究和实践社区，以创建网络化的改进社区，其中包括地区和学校的管理人员和教师、州和地方计算机教育倡议的成员、专业发展提供者、州教育当局的代表、学生、家长、以及一支由CS和STEM教育专业人员以及教育和社会科学研究人员组成的强大团队，以评估各种选择，并开始设计最适合地区优先事项和限制的策略。它将确保这些过程包括评估，并通过重要的研究问题来了解这些问题，这些问题需要作为模型设计，实施和发展的一部分来解决。

The University of Massachusetts will collaborate with district and school administrators and teachers in the Springfield and Holyoke Massachusetts public schools to develop research-based planning, design and implementation processes that will facilitate introducing computational thinking across all grade levels and provide computer science curricula and content to all students. As part of the efforts around the CS for All Initiative, this work will assist two school districts in developing comprehensive plans to make computing curricula available across all public high schools, get students involved in CS learning opportunities in elementary and middle schools, and ensure access for all students, including girls and underrepresented minorities. The goal of this proposed project is to create processes that will lead to effective district-level CS for All strategies, informed by research and evaluation that will serve as models for other Massachusetts districts and provide a roadmap for national adoption.Each district in Massachusetts faces challenges: understanding the expectations of the new state Digital Literacy/Computer Science standards; defining strategies at grade bands; selecting, developing, and implementing curricula; addressing teacher and student issues; and understanding administrative and structural issues. These challenges are exacerbated by the recent proliferation of curricula, tools, and professional development options, along with a growing number of competing providers. Many of these options are not sufficiently grounded in educational research, adding to the complexity of developing model district strategies that can inform statewide strategic planning. This proposed activity begins two model planning processes, informed by research and best practices, for creating CSforAll plans for Holyoke and Springfield districts in Massachusetts. The effort will integrate research and practice communities to create networked improvement communities that include district and school administrators and teachers, members of state and local computing education initiatives, professional development providers, representatives from state education authorities, students, parents, and a strong team of CS and STEM education professionals and education and social science researchers to assess options and to begin to design strategies that best fit district priorities and constraints. It will insure these processes include evaluation and are informed by the important research questions that need to be addressed as part of the design, implementation and evolution of the models.