College and career pathways
We strengthen equitable pathways to college and career with evaluation and technical assistance in five primary areas: 1) secondary to postsecondary transitions; 2) career and technical education; 3) STEM and computer science preparation; 4) higher education partnerships supporting college access; and 5) cross-sector partnerships strengthening workforce development.
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Learning to Support Equitable School Transformation
Check out our latest blog post for insights from the Barr Foundation’s Engage New England Initiative.
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Supporting Students With Significant Cognitive Disabilities and Support Needs as They Transition from High School
Researchers from SRI International and the University of Oklahoma are collaborating to create a new assessment tool to help educators ensure that students with significant cognitive disabilities (or extensive support needs) leave high school with the skills they need to be successful.
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Evaluation of Skills for Secondary School Success (4S)
SRI Education evaluation experts are partnering 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.
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Evaluation of the Los Angeles City College’s STEM Pathways Program
SRI conducted a 5-year evaluation of Los Angeles City College’s STEM Pathways Program.
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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.
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Largest-ever study of impact of Open Educational Resources in college reveals benefits of introducing OER courses on a broad scale
Community college students taking multiple OER courses earned more credits and similar grades than students who took no OER courses and reported high engagement with course materials; effort saved students $10.7 million and was cost-effective for colleges.
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Statewide Evaluation of Career and Technical Education Programs
Through an evaluation of career and technical education programs in Texas, SRI determined what makes high-quality programs sustainable and scalable.
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Evaluation of the CAPP Demonstration Partnerships
SRI’s evaluation addressed implementation and institutional outcomes of work by 11 high schools and a partnering local college as they worked to establish seamless transitions for students and strengthen instructional quality as required by the Common Core.
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Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) — Appalachia
REL Appalachia partners with educators and leaders to engage in change-oriented research and provides support for regional decisions about education policies, programs and practices.
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Community College Partnership’s Instructional Impacts
SRI Education and partners conducted a 6-year study of community college-employer collaboration to improve the design and delivery of workforce education programming.
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Evaluation of International Baccalaureate’s Bridging the Equity Gap Project
SRI studied the implementation and outcomes of a new consulting model designed to increase the participation and success of students with low incomes in IB’s Diploma Programme.
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Evaluation of CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computer Education
The CPATH program was intended to transform undergraduate computing education on a national scale to meet current and future national needs.