The effect of a middle grades STEM initiative on students’ cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes

Abstract This study is an evaluation of a STEM initiative in one school district with five participating middle schools. I used two quasi-experimental methods including instrumental variables and inverse propensity score weights to test the effect of the initiative on students’ cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes. Overall, students at STEM schools demonstrated lower science achievement (p

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Studies in Educational Evaluation

• Publication date

  2021-03-01

• Fields of study

  Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.STUEDUC.2021.100983
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