Evaluation of NASA Projects

PI/PD:Abigail Jurist Levy, Ph.D., Barbara Berns
Funder:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Duration:2008 - 2013
This five-year project is designed to provide NASA with rigorous evaluation findings of its education portfolio contributions to furthering key strategic goals: develop the STEM workforce in relevant disciplines, attract and retain students at all stages of the educational pipeline, build strategic partnerships between STEM formal and informal education providers, and promote STEM literacy and awareness of NASA's mission.

CSE’s first task is providing support for evaluation of NASA's Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) project. This evaluation is testing SEMAA's effectiveness on both short-term and long-term outcomes of interest; determining how NASA's intended goals are being implemented across SEMAA project sites.
For more information on this project, contact Barbara Berns at bberns@edc.org