#  Strengthening the Research Base that Informs STEM Workforce and Curriculum Improvement Efforts 

 



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**Project Status:** Past  
**Focus Area:** [Teacher Effectiveness](/teacher-effectiveness)  
**Timeline:** 2014–16  
**Principal Investigator:** Heather Hill

In recent years, the U.S. government has funded dozens of cluster-randomized trials that seek to evaluate the impact of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum materials and teacher professional development on student outcomes. This project synthesizes evidence from these studies, along with evidence from prior causal studies, in an effort to identify the characteristics of effective pre-K-12 programs.



 

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## Partners

 

 

### Funders

National Science Foundation



 



 

 

 

## People

 

 

  [### Heather C. Hill

 ](/people/heather-hill) [heather\_hill@gse.harvard.edu](mailto:heather_hill@gse.harvard.edu)Principal Investigator, MQI Coaching

PIER FELLOWSHIP FACULTY MENTOR

Hazen-Nicoli Professorship in Teacher Learning and Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

 

 

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   [### Cynthia Pollard

 ](/people/cynthia-pollard)Research Assistant

Doctoral Student

Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

 

 

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 See also:- [ Project ](/page-type/project)
- [ Teacher Effectiveness ](/focus-areas/teacher-effectiveness)
- [ Strengthening the Research Base that Informs STEM Workforce and Curriculum Improvement Efforts ](/projects/strengthening-research-base-informs-stem-workforce-and-curriculum-improvement-efforts)
- [ Past ](/project-status/past)