Using a Research-Practitioner Partnership approach to developing a shared evaluation and research agenda for CSforALL: RPPforCS is a National Science Foundation funded project.
The four-year project will:
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Develop a Connected Community of Practice.
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Develop & manage a participant-driven, multi-site research agenda.
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Convene a Researcher-Evaluator Working Group (R-EWG) to develop a process for advancing the shared-research agenda.
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Collect qualitative and quantitative data about RPPforCS projects’ implementation and common impact data.
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Provide an infrastructure for dissemination of project work.
The RPPforCS project connects the teams through virtual meetings (webinars), in-person meetings, and meetings of the R-EWG. Here you will find information about the participating grant teams, project activities, and resources from the project.
Welcome Cohort 4!
The latest group of CSforAll: RPPs has been approved by the NSF, and you can find a list of those partnerships as of September 11th, 2020, here.
Our Core Leadership Team:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (Award No. 1745199). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Alan Peterfreund
Principal Investigator
SageFox Consulting Group
Leigh Ann DeLyser
Co-Principal Investigator
CSForAll
Rebecca Zarch
Co-Principal Investigator
SageFox Consulting Group
Stacey Sexton
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SageFox Consulting Group
Stephanie Wortel-London
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CSForAll
Monica McGill
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CSEdResearch
Other Partner Organizations:
Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP)
Here is our 2020 Survey Highlights Screencast:
For the full report, CLICK HERE
For a transcript of this video, CLICK HERE
Resources Created through RPPforCS
RPP Project Database
The RPPforCS searchable database allows you to search through our existing community of projects on a range of characteristics. You can use this resource to find people who are geographically close to you, working on a similar problem of practice, working with a similar student or teacher population, and more! The database will automatically update itself with your chosen filters shortly after selecting them.
Computational Thinking Funds of Knowledge
Florence Sullivan
This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). It is developing equitable computational thinking (CT) assessments for historically marginalized Black and Hispanic students in the early grades. This project puts family and community knowledge at the heart of assessment development. It addresses concerns related to the problem of cultural bias in standardized measures of achievement.
Beyond Access and Participation in CSforAll
Cheri Fancsali
The goal of this project is to develop tools that would gather information about teachers' and students' experiences in computer science learning. The project has a particular focus on approaches to teaching that address systemic and structural barriers in computer science and empower students by engaging them in learning that is relevant to their experiences and identities.
CAHSI-Great Minds in STEM Conference Travel Support
Ann Gates
The Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, a national alliance composed of academic institutions, nonprofits, industry leaders, and government entities, has a mission to grow and sustain a networked community committed to recruiting, retaining, and accelerating the progress of Hispanics in computing. One of CAHSI’s strongest partnerships has been with the Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) organization that has worked for decades to highlight the breadth of talent in STEM among minoritized groups.
Coaching for Equity in Computer Science
Jennifer Rosato
This project will create CS coaching professional development and study the implementation of coaching within two contexts. Code Savvy's coaching program will support Minnesota coaches and teachers focused on teaching CS content at the high school level and will involve a mix of in-person and virtual coaching. The NCCSE coaching program will focus on a nationwide virtual coaching program for teachers of the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles and Computer Science A courses.
Expanding Girl Power by Design
Aaminah Norris
This partnership between California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) and the Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) will build upon their prior work in creating a high school computing pathway that is more inclusive for African American and Latina girls. The team will continue preparing teachers in the school district through a culturally responsive professional development program and aims to increase the number of girls enrolled in the district’s Information and Communication Technology courses by 51%. This project will also create a holistic network of support for the girls participating in the program that engages families, community organizations, and industry partners.
Computer Science for Appalachia
Lynn Hodge
This project supports teachers in teaching computer science (CS) in substantial and meaningful ways that build on the cultural and linguistic resources of students in East Tennessee. Building on an existing Research Practice Partnership, the team is developing a CS-Literacy curriculum with a focus on storytelling as a regionally relevant practice. In addition, the team is developing teacher professional development to support the curriculum.
Using the Project Maps
The first map, "Projects by Research Team" shows the dispersion of project PIs across the country. By toggling the filters on the right-hand side of the map you can filter the view by which Grade Band a project is targeting as well as the type of curriculum that the projects will be using.
The second tab, "Projects by Implementation Location" demonstrates the distribution of projects by the proposed state of implementation. As with the first map you can filter down by Grade Band and Curriculum Used. If you click on a given state a list of all the projects planning to implement within that state will appear in the column on the left-hand side of the map.
RPPforCS Project Maps
The first tab, "Projects by Research Team" shows the dispersion of NSF: CSforAll RPPs across the country. By toggling the filters on the right-hand side of the map you can filter the view by which Grade Band a project is targeting as well as the type of curriculum that the projects will be using. Note that points are staggered to allow overlapping projects to be visible.
The second tab, "Impact Area" demonstrates the distribution of NSF: CSforAll RPPs by the proposed state of implementation. As with the first map you can filter down by Grade Band and Curriculum Used. Mousing over or clicking on a state will display all grade bands being targeted by RPPs in that state, all curricula being used by RPPs in that state, and a list of all projects operating in that state.
RPPforCS District Maps
This set of maps details the districts that NSF: CSforAll RPPs are known to be partnered with and the overall demographics of students in those districts. These demographics do not necessarily represent the specific student subgroups (if any) being targeted by NSF: CSforAll RPPs, however. It should also be noted that projects will frequently only work directly with a subset of schools within a district, and a project's presence in a district on this map does not imply that they are working with every school in a given district.
All of these tabs can be filtered by searching for a project's name, by state, or by districts' urban/rural status as defined by the US Census.
The first tab "RPPforCS Continental District Map" displays all known public school districts partnered with one or more NSF: CSforAll RPPs.
The second and third tabs "District Race/Ethnicity Demographics vs. State Demographics" and "District Race/Ethnicity Demographics vs. National Demographics" provide details for each RPP-partnered school district's student demographics compared to their state or national student demographics, respectively. They also provide information on which projects are operating in each district. The "Examine by" drop-down menu in the top right of each tab can be used to select what demographic group to display data for.
The last tab "Other Demographic Information" shows district-level student data for the percentage of students eligible for free/reduced lunch as well as the percentage of those who are English as a second language/limited English proficiency students. Any blank rows indicate that there is currently no data for a given district.