Nicholas Sorensen
Associated IES Content
Grant
Pathways to Success in the Transition to High School: Testing Efficacy for Improving 8th and 9th Grade Academic Outcomes
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a teacher-training and implementation model for the Pathways to Success program that was developed through a previous IES grant. Pathways is a 12-session social psychological intervention administered at the start of eighth grade to help students change key elements of their identity based motivation - their possible selves (who students expect to become in the near and distant future), their strategies to work on these possible selves, and...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A180308
report
Impact Study
Getting students on track for graduation: Impacts of the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System after one year
Although high school graduation rates are rising--the national rate was 82 percent during the 2013/14 school year (U.S. Department of Education, 2015)--dropping out remains a persistent problem in the Midwest and nationally. Many schools now use early warning systems to identify students who are at risk of not graduating, with the goal of intervening early to help students get back on track for on-time graduation. Although research has guided decisions about the types of data and indicators u...
Apr 01, 2017
Grant
Access to Eighth-Grade Algebra: Helping Schools Understand Prospects for All Students
Researchers in this study will examine short and long term outcomes of taking Algebra I in eighth grade for students with different levels of readiness for algebra. In response to research that demonstrates that Algebra I acts as a "gateway" to more advanced course taking and success in high school, policymakers have recently expanded access to Algebra I. However, limited evidence exists about what readiness means or what the outcomes are for students with different levels of readiness. Poli...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A150403