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The NMSI's Strategies to Improve Student Performance in Math and Science |
Eighty percent of jobs in the next decade will require some form of math and science, according to Gerald McElvy, President of Exxon Mobile Foundation. Barely 15% of U.S. students have the math and science prerequisites to be successful.
The National Math and Science Initiative is a competitive program designed to improve student performance in math and science. 27 states are on the waiting list. In Huntsville City and Madison County high schools it’s called A+ College Ready.
The National Math and Science Initiative’s Approach: Bring Best Practices in Management to the Education Sector
· Set big, clear goals that address a significant and well-defined issue.
· Do what works: scale programs with proven, documented results.
· Create a competitive and robust process for selecting grantees.
· Develop proprietary data collection and evaluation mechanisms of a scale previously unknown in the education sector.
· Ensure long-term sustainability- require both an increasing financial match and increasing scale over the course of the grant period. Our programs don’t “go away” whenever funding stops.
· Require results and measure them via clear and objective criteria.
· Provide donors with opportunities for participation and recognition.
Read McElvy’s complete presentation.
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