Modern Blanket Toss: Findings and Observations

FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
findings will be given upon request at EPSCoR and/or Upward Bound
meetings and at the concluding workshop.
Because the cohort of students was not initially identified, a baseline of
data was not provided on their levels of STEM interest and proficiency. This
data will come from student records and the aforementioned surveys and
interviews each year. Student progress in these areas was tracked relative
to the baseline.
Larson’s survey results were considered in conjunction with official school
and Upward Bound records of student academic progress and attendance.
Site coordinators had direct access to real-time information to monitor
student progress, and also assist students to complete an Upward Bound
academic plan, which addresses: class selection; goals for grade and GPA
attainment; participation goals; education planning steps; extra-curricular
activity planning and selection; and school participation goals. Attainment
(or non-attainment) of plan goals was another measure of student success,
and was considered alongside classroom and summer session grades,
student information system reviews, attendance patterns, GPA’s and preand
post-testing scores and/or annual assessment results. Results of
Upward Bound “interest inventories” provided data about students’ likely
educational pathways.
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