Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, and continuing to the present, the SABES research team has worked with principals, teachers, students, parents, and community partners to learn from…

• Student surveys
• Teacher surveys
• Principal interviews and school walk-through tours
• Interviews and focus groups with teachers
• Interviews and focus groups with parents
• Visits to afterschool activities and STEM Recognition Events
• Video-recordings of school-day lessons and students’ afterschool projects
• Assessments of teachers’ understanding and knowledge with STEM topics
• Interviews with community partners and visiting STEM experts
• Student achievement data

A growing body of evidence…

Year by year, our research is focused on…

2012-13                 the first 3 SABES schools

2013-14                6 SABES schools and 2 comparison schools

2014-15                 9 SABES schools and 6 comparison schools

2015-16                 9 SABES schools and 6 comparison schools

2016-17                 9 SABES schools and 6 comparison schools