ERIC Number: ED615932
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Evaluation Report: Investing in Innovation Pathways to Success
Grantee Submission
In 2016, McREL and the University of Southern California (USC) were awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund (Award Number U411C150011) to develop a translation of the identity-based motivation (IBM) in vivo program "Pathways to Success" to a digital platform to deliver IBM to middle and high school students. The resulting digital "Pathways to Success" program consisted of 12 15-minute digital platform activities, planned to take place over the first six to eight weeks in the Fall semester of 2017 in 10 schools from five districts in Colorado. While the former McREL research director and the original external evaluator led the field operation and the randomization process, in 2018, there was a change in the Principal Investigator at McREL, and an evaluator from USC was contacted to conduct the independent evaluation. Project data, including student and teacher responses and administrative data from schools in years 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 were provided by McREL to the USC evaluator. The report documented the implementation fidelity and examined the impact of digital "Pathways to Success" on students' overall, English language, and Math achievement, and "non-cognitive" variables in the IBM theory.
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Motivation, School Districts, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Educational Technology, Delivery Systems, Electronic Learning, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Language Arts, Mathematics Achievement, Learner Engagement, Outcome Measures, Difficulty Level
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Innovation and Improvement (ED), Investing in Innovation (i3)
Authoring Institution: McREL International; University of Southern California (USC)
Identifiers - Location: Colorado
Grant or Contract Numbers: U411C150011
What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations
WWC Study Page: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Study/90378