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Overview
iSTEM investigated the effectiveness of inclusive STEM high schools as a strategy for increasing the number and diversity of students pursuing higher education and careers in STEM fields.
With funding from the National Science Foundation, Digital Promise and SRI Education combined information from state academic records and the iSTEM student survey to compare outcomes for similar groups of students who attended either an inclusive STEM high school or a school without a STEM focus. We found positive impacts on advanced STEM course-taking and STEM career interest in high school. Our first analyses of postsecondary outcomes for 23 Texas STEM high schools suggest that attending one of them doubled the odds of entering a STEM bachelor’s degree program for students overall, for Hispanic students, and for females.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant 1817513. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Bringing Inclusive STEM High Schools to Scale
Read more in this brief, “Bringing Inclusive STEM High Schools to Scale: Policy Lessons from Three States.”