Collaborative Research: Districts Helping Districts: Scaling Inclusive CT Pathways

虽然美国所有50个州都采用了计算机科学教育政策和标准，但公平仍然是一个长期存在的共同挑战，最近基于州的研究报告显示，许多高中计算机科学课程的入学人数并不比20年前更多样化。数字承诺全球和布劳沃德县学校董事会之间的合作将通过创建一个专业的学区学习社区来解决目前的公平困境，该社区致力于为学生扩大计算机科学教育。这一方法承认地区在设计和实施包容性计算途径方面的关键作用，这些途径将核心计算能力与地区对国家标准、可用资源和教师专业发展机会的采用连贯地联系起来。该伙伴关系建立在先前工作的基础上，并将涉及全国各地的八个学区，为各种地理位置、学区规模和学生群体提供服务。数字承诺全球和布劳沃德县学校董事会之间的研究-实践伙伴关系（RPP）建立在先前设计包容性K-12计算路径的工作基础上。这种规模扩大的关键是学区在解决持续的公平困境和K-12计算学生成绩差距方面的关键作用。项目团队包括八个不同的学区，他们共同探索可持续扩展包容性CT路径模式的实践，该模式是合作学区在过去三年中单独设计和实施的。RPP将利用从以前的工作中设计的CT路径工具包，并为地区行政人员和教师大规模实施教师主导的专业学习模式。目标是让地区领导和教师开发技能和支持系统，以有效地在每个年级（K-12）实施累积、一致和基于能力的学习机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

While all 50 U.S. states have adopted computer science education policies and standards, equity remains a persistently common challenge, with recent state-based studies reporting that many high school CS courses have enrollments no more diverse than they were 20 years ago. This partnership between Digital Promise Global and the Broward County School Board will address ongoing equity dilemmas by creating a professional learninig community of school districts working to expand CS education for their students. This approach recognizes the crucial role of districts in designing and implementing inclusive computing pathways that coherently connect core computing competencies to the district’s adoption of state standards, available resources, and teacher professional development opportunities. The partnership builds on prior work and will engage eight school districts across the country that serve a variety of geographies, district sizes and student populations.This research-practitioner partnership (RPP) between Digital Promise Global and the Broward County School Board builds upon prior work that designed inclusive K-12 computing pathways. Key to this scale-up is the crucial role of school districts in addressing ongoing equity dilemmas and student achievement gaps in K-12 computing. The project team includes eight diverse school districts, who collectively explore practices for sustainably scaling the inclusive CT pathways model that partnering districts have individually designed and implemented over the past three years. The RPP will leverage the CT Pathways Toolkit designed from prior work and implement a teacher-led model of professional learning at scale for district administrators and instructors. The goal is for district leaders and teachers to develop skills and support systems to effectively implement cumulative, consistent, and competency-based learning opportunities in each grade, K-12.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.