{"id":553,"date":"2023-06-16T17:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T17:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/?page_id=553"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:29:38","slug":"evaluations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/evaluations\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SRI International conducted an evaluation of MPACT in 2020\u20132022. Among the results: the students using MPACT units showed statistically significant gains in learning geometry, computational thinking, and spatial reasoning. SRI evaluators developed assessments for fourth and fifth graders to measure students\u2019 learning and administered it in classrooms in fall 2020 and spring 2021, as well as fall and spring of 2021\u20132022. On average, MPACT students improved from pre- to post-test by an effect size of .62 in 2021 and .92 in 2022 roughly equal to a ten percentage-point higher score on the post-test (i.e., a letter grade difference). Results are presented in the graph, which displays the average student score at pre-and post-test, adjusted for grade level. Notice the results from the two years are remarkably similar, with the second year\u2019s results somewhat stronger than the first.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Evaluation Results from SRI, 2020\u20132022&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Students scored higher on tests\u202fafter using MPACT modules<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/07\/MPACT_SDLineGraph_combined.png\" alt=\"Line graph\" class=\"wp-image-1094\" style=\"width:485px;height:428px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/07\/MPACT_SDLineGraph_combined.png 702w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/07\/MPACT_SDLineGraph_combined-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Populations Served<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/07\/Map.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a US map\" class=\"wp-image-1073\" style=\"width:445px;height:279px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/07\/Map.png 703w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/07\/Map-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-highlight\"><strong>55 teachers<\/strong>\u200b<br><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>grades 4\u20137, in NC, SC, WV, and CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-highlight\"><strong>50% of students<\/strong>\u200b<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>from rural areas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-highlight\"><strong>over 50% of students<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>from low SES and marginalized groups<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRI International conducted an evaluation of MPACT in 2020\u20132022. Among the results: the students using MPACT units showed statistically significant gains in learning geometry, computational thinking, and spatial reasoning. SRI evaluators developed assessments for fourth and fifth graders to measure students\u2019 learning and administered it in classrooms in fall 2020 and spring 2021, as well as fall and spring of 2021\u20132022. On average, MPACT students improved from pre- to post-test by an effect size of .62 in 2021 and .92 in 2022 roughly equal to a ten percentage-point higher score on the post-test (i.e.,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/evaluations\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"139,106,1,218","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-553","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mpact3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}