Addressing America’s STEM Crisis
MCEC Conference
June 27, 2012
Gregg Fleisher
Senior Vice President
WE MULTIPLY SUCCESS
National Math and Science Initiative
NMSI’s Mission:
• The National Math and Science Initiative is an agent of change that
prepares today’s students for success in the STEM-focused workforce
of tomorrow.
NMSI’s Approach:
• NMSI takes proven programs that work within the existing school
framework to improve the quality of instruction that teachers provide
to students, as demonstrated through quantifiable results.
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Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program
The Advanced Placement Training and Incentive
Program (APTIP) is a comprehensive approach that
increases teacher effectiveness and student
achievement through training, teacher and student
support, vertical teaming, open enrollment, and
incentives.
Elements of Success
The program increases dramatically the number of
students taking and passing AP math, science, and
English exams, and expands access to traditionally
underrepresented students.
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan
highlighted NMSI’s APTIP program and student achievement:
“…schools in the new National Math and Science Initiative on AP
are great examples of the power of quality instruction, more time
spent on task, and rigorous, content-focused teacher training. The
NMSI schools are having phenomenal success in raising AP scores
among minority students. In the single year of implementation to
date, the number of African-American and Latino students who
scored a 3 or higher on AP exams in math, science, and English,
jumped more than 70 percent.” – Secretary of Education Arne
Duncan, July 15, 2010, College Board AP Conference
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APTIP Elements of Success:
The Breakdown
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1.
Extra training for teachers
2.
Expert resources
3.
More time on task for students
4.
Financial incentives for students, teachers, and
administrators
5.
Measurement and accountability
APTIP Elements of Success:
Extra Training for Teachers
AP Teacher Summer Institute (APSI) Training:
• AP Teachers attend either College Board-sponsored APSIs or NMSI hosts its own APSI with
College Board-sponsored consultants. This 5-day training session is conducted prior to the
first year of the program and in subsequent summers during the program years.
Two-Day Conferences in the fall for AP teachers:
• AP Teachers attend either the College Board 2-day teacher trainings or NMSI’s 2-day training
with College Board-sponsored consultants.
Training for pre-AP teachers:
• NMSI provides funding for the state non-profit partners to train pre-AP teachers, and those
organizations choose the most appropriate pre-AP training service provider for their needs
(i.e., The College Board or Laying The Foundation).
Support of AP teachers:
• The most unique feature of APTIP is the constant support provided to program AP Teachers
by content experts. These experts monitor AP Teachers and assist them with model lessons
throughout the year in order to ensure that each teacher is providing the sequencing and
rigor that is need to achieve results.
Saturday Student Study Sessions:
• This extra time on task for students over three Saturdays per AP subject also serves as
exceptional training for teachers because those teachers see experts conduct lessons for
their own students.
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APTIP Elements of Success:
Expert Resources
Access to the most current and effective materials
• Instructive materials include AP Course information, AP Exam information, teaching resource
materials, curriculum modules, articles and monographs (e.g. “For the classroom” articles,
“Resources for teaching,” etc.), pre-AP articles
Online resources
• The NMSI Teacher Portal: Each subject has a separate section with details regarding
successful implementation of AP programs, targeted toward the most important information
for increased achievement on AP exams, including: essay, free-response and multiple choice
questions with answer guides, scoring standards, pacing guides, unit tests, notes on what to
include in lessons, archives of student study sessions, training conference handouts, links to
other resources, and Clicker Questions and UT Homework System
• The UT Homework System: An extensive knowledge bank of over 60,000 questions and
answers covering Math, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics that provides a
user-friendly, formative assessment system that allows teachers to customize their
instruction and homework assignments toward a student’s individual learning needs. It also
allows students to access assignments from anywhere and get immediate feedback on the
answers submitted online. UT Homework makes it easy for instructors to create assignments
by drawing from an extensive list of pre-existing questions that each have numerous
variations to ensure that students come up with their own unique answers. The automatic
grading feature frees up more time for instructors, so they can focus on teaching and
maximize individualized instruction for each student.
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APTIP Elements of Success:
More Time on Task for Students
Saturday Study Sessions:
• The APTIP model includes at least three AP extracurricular study sessions per
subject, which are held on Saturdays and are led by state and national AP experts
who conduct the teaching while the students’ school teachers observe. Thus, the
Saturday sessions provide not only extra time on task for students, but teacher
training as the students’ teachers observe AP experts leading the sessions.
Extra Tutoring Sessions:
• Students receive after-school tutoring conducted by their APTIP school teachers, at
a minimum of 40 hours per teacher per year.
• This tutoring is often one-on-one and is tailored to the students’ needs in each
subject.
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APTIP Elements of Success:
Financial Incentives
Teacher Incentives
• AP teachers in math, science, and English receive $100 for each student who appears
on their rosters and receives a qualifying score on the AP exam.
• Teachers also receive an opportunity to earn $1,000 bonus based on certain AP exam
passing thresholds for their class.
• Teachers also earn $500 for attending training sessions and for the extra work they
contribute because of the program.
Student Incentives
• AP students in math, science, and English receive $100 for each passing AP Exam.
• Half of the fee for each AP math, science, and English exam is also paid for each
student; the entire fee is paid for low-income students.
Administrator Incentives
• Administrators receive an opportunity to earn a $3,000 bonus based on the school
meeting pre-determined AP exam passing thresholds in math, science, and English
exams.
School Incentives
• Schools receive $5,000 annually, plus $25 per enrolled AP math, science, and English
student for equipment. Funds are also available for teacher training and for Saturday
student study sessions.
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APTIP Elements of Success:
Measurement and Accountability
NMSI’s comprehensive, standardized fiscal and program management systems
• NMSI conducts a thorough, initial assessment of the current AP environment at
participating schools, establishes performance goals, and sets plans for meeting
those goals, including ensuring that the teachers are dedicated to APTIP, and
evaluating and recommending appropriate amendments to school policies (such as
grading, scheduling, and course admittance policies) in order to maximize success.
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During implementation, NMSI provides ongoing operational aid, including
overseeing day-to-day implementation, monitoring APTIP according to NMSI’s
operational milestones, and providing direct assistance to the schools.
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A data reporting system provides frequent, timely feedback to program
participants, partners, funders, and third parties (such as policy makers or local
governments). This system is essential for performance accountability and allows
NMSI to tailor its technical and programmatic assistance to guide successful
implementation.
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Increased African-American and Hispanic student achievement in
the 10 DISD AP program schools.
AP exams passed by African-American and Hispanic students in math,
science, and English in 10 Dallas ISD incentive schools
Minority passing
scores are 35 times
higher in 16 years
in the participating
DISD schools.
Source: The College Board
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NMSI Program Locations 2012
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COHORT I RESULTS
Percentage increases in scores of 3 or greater in AP math, science and English (MSE) for
the U.S. and 63 Cohort 1 schools from 2008-2011.
*Female percentages are for math and
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COHORT 2 RESULTS
Percentage increases in scores of 3 or greater in AP math, science and English (MSE) for
the U.S. and 74 Cohort 2 schools from 2009-2011.
*Female percentages are for math and
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COHORT 3 RESULTS
Percentage increases in scores of 3 or greater in AP math, science and English (MSE) for
the U.S. and 91 Cohort 3 schools from 2010-2011.
*Female percentages are for math and
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Initiative for Military Families
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Initiative for Military Families
The Initiative for Military Families is a
partnership between NMSI, the Military
Child Education Coalition, the Military
Impacted Schools Association, several
branches of the Department of Defense,
and various corporations and
foundations to support children in
America’s military families. NMSI does
so by implementing the Advanced
Placement Training and Incentive
Program across a network of high
schools serving military installations.
There are 220,000 young people in the
U.S. who have a parent currently
deployed, and at least a million children
have had a parent deployed in the last
eight years.
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Initiative for Military Families
This public-private partnership addresses the national STEM need and helps
military families by providing consistent, high-level STEM education to militarydependent students.
NMSI started the program in fall 2010 in four
schools: two in Fort Hood and two in
Fort Campbell. This past year, the AP
math, science and English passing
scores increased in these four schools by
45 percent - almost six times the
national average. AP math and
science passing scores increased by
57 percent - over seven times the
national average.
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Initiative for Military Families
Thanks to the partners listed below, NMSI’s Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program
(APTIP) is being implemented this year in 29 public high schools serving a high percentage of
military families across 10 states. By fall 2012, NMSI will be implementing the Initiative for
Military Families in 52 schools across 14 states, with the goal of ultimately reaching a network of
150 military impacted schools.
O’Donnell Foundation
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NMSI Implementation in Public Schools Serving Military Installations
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In the Fall, 2012, NMSI will serve 52 IMF Schools
COHORT
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
High School
Virgil Grissom
North Pulaski
Lemoore
Fountain - Fort Carson
Mesa Ridge
Vista Ridge
Widefield
Howard
State
AL
AR
CA
CO
CO
CO
CO
GA
Military Intallations Served
Redstone Arsenal
Little Rock AFB
Lemoore NAS
Fort Carson
Schriever AFB, Peterson AFB
Schriever AFB, Peterson AFB
Schriever AFB, Peterson AFB
Robins AFB
2
James Campbell
HI
Hickam AFB, Schofield Barracks, Tripler Medical
Center, USCG ISG Honolulu, NCTAMS PAC
2
Leilehua
HI
Hickam AFB, Schofield Barracks, Tripler Medical
Center, USCG ISG Honolulu, NCTAMS PAC
2
Mililani
HI
Hickam AFB, Schofield Barracks, Tripler Medical
Center, USCG ISG Honolulu, NCTAMS PAC
2
Radford
HI
Hickam AFB, Schofield Barracks, Tripler Medical
Center, USCG ISG Honolulu, NCTAMS PAC
3
1
1
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
North Chicago Community
Christian County
Hopkinsville
North Hardin
Aberdeen
Havre De Grace
E. E. Smith
Alamogordo
Fairborn
Carl Albert
Del City
Eisenhower
Lawton
Macarthur
IL
KY
KY
KY
MD
MD
NC
NM
OH
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
Great Lakes NAS
Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell
Fort Knox
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Fort Bragg
Holloman AFB
Wright-Patterson AFB
Tinker AFB
Tinker AFB
Fort Sill
Fort Sill
Fort Sill
COHORT
3
3
1
1
2
2
High School
Midwest City
Copperas Cove
Ellison
Harker Heights
Killeen
Shoemaker
State
OK
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
Military Intallations Served
Tinker AFB
Fort Hood
Fort Hood
Fort Hood
Fort Hood
Fort Hood
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Bayside
VA
Langley AFB, Fort Monroe, NS Norfolk, Fort
Hamilton
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
3
Bethel
Colonial Forge
Floyd Kellam
Freedom
Granby
Green Run
Hampton
Kecoughtan
Maury
Menchville
North Stafford
Norview
Patriot
Phoebus
Salem
Stafford Sr.
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
Fort Monroe
MCB Quantico
Langley AFB, Fort Monroe, NS Norfolk
MCB Quantico
NS Norfolk
Langley AFB, Fort Monroe, NS Norfolk
Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe
NS Norfolk
Langley AFB, Fort Monroe, NS Norfolk
MCB Quantico
NS Norfolk
MCB Quantico
Fort Monroe
Langley AFB, Fort Monroe, NS Norfolk
MCB Quantico
3
Tallwood
VA
Langley AFB, Fort Monroe, NS Norfolk, Fort Story
2
2
Woodbridge
Woodside
VA
VA
MCB Quantico
Langley AFB, Fort Monroe, NS Norfolk
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For more information, please contact:
Gregg Fleisher
Senior Vice President
The National Math and Science Initiative
325 North Saint Paul Street
Suite 2900
Dallas, Texas 75201
214.665.2519
gfleisher@nationalmathandscience.org