June 19, 2009
Professors' Impact in NSF Science-Education Effort Proves Difficult to Gauge
A new report presents decidedly mixed news about the impact of college professors in one of the National Science Foundation’s signature, nationwide projects to improve mathematics and science education. The test scores of school students involved in the Math and Science Partnership program have risen, for example, but little evidence exists that the professors deserve the credit.
On the plus side, schoolteachers and college faculty members said their participation in the
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