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Dear ASTC members,

The Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency (PEAR) at Harvard 
University, Educational Testing Services (ETS) and
Missouri Afterschool Network are jointly implementing an NSF-funded 
project to validate the Dimensions of Success (DOS)
Out-of-School (OST) STEM observation tool. The tool was developed based 
on NSF STEM Evaluation criteria standards.

At the current phase we are looking for afterschool STEM programs in 
Massachusetts and other New England States
(ideally- a 2-hr drive from Boston),where our trained observers can 
observe. There is no time commitment required from
afterschool programs or teachers, and the goal of the project is NOT to 
evaluate the afterschool programs in any way.
Rather, we are validating our tool by comparing inter-rater reliability 
scores of our observers using the tool.

I am not able to attach additional materials to this email, however, if 
you know of any afterschool programs that would
be willing to participate in our study, please let them contact us:

Anahit Papazian
Research Manager
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617-484-0466 (ext. 205)

or

Ashima Shah
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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617-484-0466 (ext. 209)

Thank you very much,
Anahit








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