ISHS attendance is associated with more Core STEM courses completed at four-year colleges but not with STEM GPA or total courses, and shows no course-taking advantage at two-year colleges¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Four-year college entrants from ISHSs completed more Core STEM courses between fall 2014 and spring 2016 (fixed effect 2.59, p = .004), with no significant effect on total courses or Core STEM GPA. → Means 2018 q2 i? Two-year college entrants showed no significant ISHS difference in Core STEM courses, total courses, or STEM GPA. → Means 2018

Evidence¶

Means 2018¶

Means, Wang, Wei, Iwatani, & Peters. (2018). Broadening Participation in STEM College Majors: Effects of Attending a STEM-Focused High School. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858418806305

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Propensity score-weighted HLM of Texas course-taking records for 317 ISHS and 565 comparison four-year enrollees and 276/703 two-year enrollees. The printed Core STEM course fixed effect is 2.59 (p = .004); GPA p = .065 and total courses p = .099 are not significant, and no effect sizes are printed.

"Among students who go to four-year colleges, there is a positive advantage related to ISHS attendance in terms of the number of Core STEm courses completed between fall 2014 and spring 2016. There was no significant ISHS effect on total number of courses completed in four-year colleges or on grades in Core STEm courses."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The four-year college STEM major advantage of inclusive STEM high schools holds for Hispanic, female, and economically disadvantaged students, with odds ratios above three — related
• Attending an inclusive STEM high school nearly triples the odds of declaring a Core STEM major at a four-year college two years after high school graduation — related
• Attending an inclusive STEM high school is not associated with declaring a STEM major at a two-year college — related
• ISHS attendance is associated with 75 to 80 percent higher odds of economically disadvantaged students entering a Texas four-year college, with no significant college-entry difference for students overall — related
• The ISHS advantage in STEM career interest at the end of high school remains significant after controlling for prior middle school STEM interest and activity — related