As graduation season comes to a close, and high school seniors across the country are making decisions about what comes next. For decades, educators and policymakers largely evaluated the success of that transition through a single lens: college enrollment.
Through its evaluation of the Engage New England initiative, SRI is helping the Barr Foundation and the broader education community better understand how to design and implement innovative schools for students who are off track to graduate high school. OVERVIEW STUDENT EXPERIENCE SPOTLIGHT PUBLICATIONS BRIEF Doing High School Differently: The Student Experience in Engage New … Continue reading Evaluation of the Engage New England Initiative
Through its evaluation of the Engage New England initiative, SRI is helping the Barr Foundation and the broader education community better understand how to design and implement innovative schools for students who are off track to graduate high school. OVERVIEW STUDENT EXPERIENCE SPOTLIGHT PUBLICATIONS Based on our mixed-methods study, the SRI research team is producing … Continue reading Evaluation of the Engage New England Initiative
Focusing on the “average student” can often hide what matters most. Students differ in how they manage time, seek help, and respond to challenges—and those differences shape learning outcomes.
SRI is investigating the range of high school career development opportunities in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The study will examine how career development opportunities are implemented, who has access to and participates in them, what students’ experiences are, and how participation is associated with students’ progression in school.
Through its evaluation of the Engage New England initiative, SRI is helping the Barr Foundation and the broader education community better understand how to design and implement innovative schools for students who are off track to graduate high school.
SRI examined the impact of a program that combines strong academics with real-world experience. Its goal: help students build a foundation for success in college, careers—and life. In 2009, recognizing the challenges inherent for individual schools or pathways trying to redesign the high school experience, The James Irvine Foundation launched the California Linked Learning District … Continue reading Evaluation of the California Linked Learning District Initiative
SRI Education evaluation experts partnered with John’s Hopkins University’s Center for the Social Organization of Schools (JHU CSOS) to measure the impact of its Skills for Secondary School Success (4S) course module on eighth grade students’ socioemotional competence, attendance, behavior, and course performance. SRI Education conducted an independent evaluation of the impact, implementation, and cost … Continue reading Evaluation of Skills for Secondary School Success (4S)
When we talk about student success, we often focus on outcomes like grades or persistence. But behind those outcomes are the skills, mindsets, and affects that students bring to—and build during—their school experiences.
SRI is excited to announce a new partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to examine career development opportunities (CDOs) in the district.
SRI evaluated the effectiveness of high schools that offer students the opportunity to simultaneously pursue a high school diploma and earn up to 2 years of college credits. SRI, in conjunction with the American Institutes for Research, conducted a multiyear evaluation of the Early College High School (ECS) initiative. ECSs are created through a partnership … Continue reading Evaluation of the Early College High School Initiative
In this brief, we provide a profile of each Beyond ENE grantee that describes its student population during the 2022–23 school year as well as select progress metrics. These profiles draw from school administrative data and student survey data. Project: Evaluation of the Engage New England Initiative Download: The Beyond Engage New England Initiative: 2022–23 … Continue reading The Beyond Engage New England Initiative: 2022-23 School Profiles
In recent years, Tennessee education leaders have expressed concern over stagnant or declining college enrollment rates and a weak education-to-workforce pipeline.1 According to the State Collaborative on Reforming Education, only 26 percent of Tennessee students who started high school in 2012 earned a postsecondary degree by summer 2022, with even lower percentages for students of color over the same time period.1,2 Alarms were sounding.
What do high school graduates need to know and be able to do to be prepared for college and career? This is the fundamental question that state policy makers confront when determining minimum high school graduation requirements or assessing whether these requirements need to change to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving economy.
The Barr Foundation’s Engage New England (ENE) initiative was an effort to catalyze high school innovation by developing exemplary schools that support the success of students who are off track to graduate. Grounded in the tenets of positive youth development, the ENE initiative provided grants and technical assistance to support new or redesigned schools in … Continue reading Transforming High Schools to Serve Students Who Are Off Track to Graduate