Evaluation of Success for All PowerTeaching in Middle School Grades, United States, 2012-2016

From 2012 through 2016, MDRC, a non-profit research organization, conducted an evaluation of the scale-up effort of Success for All PowerTeaching in middle-school math. PowerTeaching, a structured cooperative learning program, was designed to do just that. The study was funded by an Investing in Innovation (i3) fund from the U.S. Department of Education. The expansion of PowerTeaching through an i3 grant offers the education field a unique opportunity to learn what it takes to help teachers create cooperative learning
environments in their classrooms.
The Success for All PowerTeaching scale-up evaluation examines the PowertTeaching implementation and how it impacts five school districts over a two-year period (the 2014-2015 school year through the 2015-2016 school year). It also considers the scale-up process itself - the methods employed and the extent to which the Success for All Foundation (SFAF), the organization that developed and provides technical assistance to schools operating the program, achieved its scale-up goals.
The ten data files included in this study contain a range of variable information gathered from student-level test scores, teacher and school principal surveys, school achievement snapshots, teacher logs, and scale-up initiative evaluations. Key variables include district IDs, teacher and principal IDs, baseline and outcome standardized test scores, structural and instructional processes, and records of teacher logs. Demographic variables for students include information on race, gender, special education, free/reduced lunch eligibility, ELL status, and age.

2012年至2016年间，非营利研究机构MDRC针对中学数学领域的Success for All PowerTeaching（全员成功强力教学）规模化推广工作开展了评估。该项目作为结构化合作学习项目，其设计初衷正是服务于中学数学教学的规模化落地。本研究由美国教育部设立的创新投资（Investing in Innovation, i3）基金资助。借助i3资助推进该项目的规模化推广，为教育领域提供了难得的契机，得以深入探究助力教师在课堂中搭建合作学习环境的可行路径。本次针对Success for All PowerTeaching（全员成功强力教学）规模化推广的评估，聚焦项目实施情况，以及其在2014-2015学年至2015-2016学年这两年间对五个学区的影响。评估同时关注规模化推广流程本身：涵盖所采用的实施方法，以及负责开发本项目并为项目实施学校提供技术支持的Success for All基金会（Success for All Foundation, SFAF）达成其规模化推广目标的程度。本研究包含的10份数据文件涵盖多类变量信息，数据来源包括学生层面的考试成绩、教师与校长调查问卷、学校学业表现快照、教师工作日志以及规模化推广项目评估报告。核心变量包括学区编号、教师与校长编号、基准与结果标准化考试成绩、教学结构与实施流程，以及教师工作日志记录。学生人口统计学变量则涵盖种族、性别、特殊教育需求、免费/减价午餐资格、英语学习者（English Language Learner, ELL）身份以及年龄等信息。