This executive summary provides a brief overview of results from the full evaluation report, describing program outcomes for students in APIE's Middle School Math and College Readiness Coaching Programs in the 2017-2018 school year. [For the full report, see ED626455.]

This executive summary provides highlights from the full evaluation report (published separately) that describes program outcomes for students in APIE's Middle School Math and College Readiness Coaching Programs in the 2016-2017 school years. [For the full report, see ED626453.]

This report includes results for Austin Partners in Education (APIE) programs in 2019-2020 including math classroom coaching, GEAR UP tutoring, college readiness, and mentoring. It highlights continued academic programs serving students in middle and high school and describes APIE support provided to teachers' instruction. As classroom instruction…

Senior year of high school can be a pivotal time in a young person's life. For some, it is the last step on the path to college and work. For others, finding stable employment or attending university after high school is far from guaranteed. Urban Alliance, headquartered in Washington, DC, helps students at risk of becoming disconnected from work…

This evaluation report describes program outcomes for students in APIE's Middle School Math and College Readiness Coaching Programs in the 2017-2018 school year. [For the executive summary, see ED626456.]

Equal representation within higher education science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and the STEM workforce in the United States across demographically diverse populations is a long-standing challenge. This study uses two-to-one nearest-neighbor matched-comparison group design to examine academic achievement, pursuit of…

This evaluation report describes program outcomes for students in APIE's Middle School Math and College Readiness Coaching Programs in the 2016-2017 school years. A separate executive summary also was published. [For the executive summary, see ED626454.]

This report includes results for Austin Partners in Education (APIE) programs in 2018-2019 including math classroom coaching, GEAR UP tutoring, college readiness, and mentoring. It highlights continued academic support programs serving students in 8th grade math classroom coaching and 12th grade college readiness programs, as well as, provides…

This article describes the use of standards to guide the reform of a struggling high school in Grant Michigan. The author describes the challenges and obstacles that the school was facing, and admits that school reform was difficult. Turnaround seemed impossible, but it held the promise of something larger than life: successful students who become…

This evaluation report describes program outcomes for students in APIE's Middle School Math and College Readiness Coaching Programs in the 2015-2016 school years.

College graduation rates often lag behind college attendance rates. One theory as to why students do not complete college is that they lack key information about how to be successful or fail to act on the information that they have. We present evidence from a randomized experiment which tests the effectiveness of individualized student coaching.…