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Current Projects
The SanDERA projects listed below are currently in progress. Please contact Dina Polichar for additional information.
LISTEN (Listen and Inquiring with Students Through Engagement Networks) Lab
The Listen Lab is a three-year long project coordinated by Dr. Susan Yonezawa and researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) that will examine ways to improve school engagement for more students.
Computer Science for English Learners
The Computer Science for English Learners (CSforEL) project, a four-year initiative funded by the US Department of Education, aims to attract, retain, and engage English learners in AP Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) across Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Southern California.
Standards-Based Grading at Secondary Schools
In October 2020, the San Diego Unified School District’s (SDUSD) Board of Education voted to implement a new Standards-Based Grading Policy (AR 5121) for secondary schools as a part of the transition towards Standards-Based Learning throughout the District. SDUSD has partnered with SanDERA to observe and evaluate the implementation of SBG at middle and high schools in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years.
Completed Projects
Below are some of SanDERA's completed projects. Please contact Dina Polichar for additional information.
School Choice
This federally funded project examined the causal impact of three school choice programs on a range of academic and behavioral outcomes.
Boosting Take-Up of the Child Tax Credit
UCSD economists Professors Julian Betts, Eli Berman and doctoral candidate and project director Beata Luczywek are working with several school districts in San Diego County to increase awareness of the Child Tax Credit, providing support to help families obtain this refundable tax credit. The researchers will then study the effects on the academic outcomes of students.
School Climate
School Climate and Student Outcomes: Using Research to Tailor Socioemotional Supports in a Large Urban District (Funded by The Spencer Foundation)
Changing the Odds
A Short-Cycle Approach to Improving Students' Long-Term Mathematics Outcomes (Funded by the US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences)
Academic Trajectories
Academic Trajectories and Policies to Narrow Achievement Gaps in San Diego (Funded by the US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences)