Project Name: ECEP/ Common Metrics Project - Award# 2137834
The Common Metrics Project, offered under the Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) alliance https://ecepalliance.org/ works with cohorts of 6-7 states at a time to explore how data from the state department of education can be used in support of the state’s broadening participation in computing goals.
Key SageFox Team Members: Alan Peterfreund, Rebecca Zarch, Tyler Clark
External Partners: ECEP, Sarah Dunton (Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center/MIT) Jayce Warner (Gibson Consulting Group), Joshua Childs (University of Texas, Austin) Cameron McCann (University of Texas, Austin)
Work examples:
This collection of papers argues for the need for high quality, sustainable data to inform policy and practices around broadening participation in computing efforts. These efforts must be state-owned to ensure that the data accurately reflects the priorities of the vested partners in the state.
Determining metrics for broadening participation in computing: Connecting data to multi-state computer science education policy efforts Zarch, R., Dunton, S. T., Warner, J. R., Xavier, J., Childs, J., & Peterfreund, A. (2023, June). Common Metrics: Lessons from Building a Collaborative Process for the Examination of State-level K–12 Computer Science Education Data. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach Computer Science Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach Computer Science: Models, Practices, and Policies. United States, Information Age Publishing, Incorporated.
Using State-based Data Systems to Support Broadening Participation in Computing Dunton, S., Zarch, R., Xavier, J., Warner, J., & Peterfreund, A. (2022). Determining metrics for broadening participation in computing: Connecting data to multi-state computer science education policy efforts. Policy Futures in Education, 0(0).
