The following studies have been vetted through the APS research application process and have been approved for implementation in APS during the 2017-18 school year. APS encourages staff members to participate in these studies if requested by the researcher.
Occasionally, staff members are contacted by an outside researcher and requested to participate in data collection such as surveys. If the study is not listed here, this means that it has not been approved through the research application process. In such cases, please refer the researcher to Regina Van Horne, Assistant Director for Evaluation, at regina.vanhorne@apsva.us or 703-228-2481.
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Study: Summer Literacy Intervention Researcher: Benjamin Castleman, Katharine Meyer Invited participants: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade elementary school students Methodology: Analysis of reading scores and survey responses |
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Researcher: Kristin Devaney Invited Participants: Elementary School Counselors Methodology: Online survey questionnaire (The King Instrument) |
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Study: 2018 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education (NSSME) Researcher: Cindy Gray Invited Participants: Teachers who provide mathematics, science, and/or computer science instruction to K–12 students in public and private schools. Methodology: NSSME is a self-administered web survey with survey invitations sent by mail or email. |
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Researcher: Laura Guillion Invited Participants: Alternative high school program special education teachers and special education transition coordinators Methodology: Interviews and focus group |
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Study: Evaluation of the Arlington Tech High School Program Researcher: Daniel Leeds Invited Participants: High School CTE Students, Arlington Tech Faculty and Administration Methodology: Mixed-method evaluation. This will consist of an implementation evaluation of Arlington Tech’s strategy, as measured by an analysis of interviews, and an impact evaluation, using propensity score matching and/or exact matching of Arlington Tech students with traditional CTE students at APS to evaluate the effect of Arlington Tech in improving its students’ general academic,postsecondary readiness, and labor market success outcomes. The impact evaluation will be bolstered by a career-readiness survey of Arlington Tech’s employer partners. |
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Study: Real Lives 21: Showcasing the Stories of Art Educators and Contemporary Learning Researcher: Renee Sandell Invited Participants: Elementary art teacher Methodology:Interviews and observations |
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Researcher: Rajiv Satsangi Invited Participants: High school students with a learning disability in mathematics Methodology: Single subject multiple-baseline design |
