Key Project Findings

The evaluation revealed that developing CS leadership and integration across disciplines is possible and that cross-disciplinary connections and pedagogical practices exist and align. It also revealed that grant efforts led to teachers and students experimenting, testing, and innovating with integrated efforts in ways that promoted creativity and learning.

Five key findings emerged from overall project implementation and efforts:

·    All nine programs fully demonstrated and aligned activities with two core CSMP Computer Science Integration Project’s goals—developing CS literacy and leadership for K–12 education and integrating CS across academic disciplines. 

·    Programs focused on building CS learning and capacity primarily for teachers and teacher leaders. 

·    Multiple partnerships collaborated around and helped to promote CS integration across disciplines and educational segments. 

·    Programs highlighted the power and place of computational thinking within multiple disciplines. 

·    Programs focused on building and strengthening educators’ capacities to integrate CS concepts and practices, but they also demonstrated and highlighted student learning and outcomes.