Evaluating the Impact of mySci on Student Outcomes in the St. Louis Region
BRIEF • May 2026 • Megumi Hine, Rachel M. Ruggirello, Jason Jabbari, Yung Chun, and Maia Elkana
This study investigates mySci’s impact on student science achievement at the school level.
Implementing a new high-quality math curriculum
BRIEF • December 2025 • by Mitchelle Wambua & Maia Elkana • This brief addresses the benefits and challenges associated with implementing a new
high-quality mathematics curricular resource, with recommendations for how schools can facilitate the implementation process to best support teachers and students.
Integrating science and English language instruction
BRIEF • August 2025 • by Rosalyn Langrohling-Amanor & Maia Elkana This brief addresses how instructional leaders can support teaching and learning to improve student achievement.
mySci Impact: Student Outcomes Overview
WHITE PAPER • September 2023 • by Maia Elkana & Alison Brockhouse
This white paper details the research and design of the mySci program as well as evaluation outcomes for teachers and students.
St. Louis Public School District grows science learning through 2-year pilot
REPORT • November 2022 • by Maia Elkana
This evaluation brief details the results of a 2-year pilot. This partnership between ISP, The Little Bit Foundation, and SLPS resulted in science teaching & learning gains.
Using the crosscutting concepts to reflect on and refine your teaching
EDUCATOR RESOURCE • June 2021 • by Jeanne Norris & Sarah Schondelmeyer
This STEM Teaching Tool written in partnership between ISP Instructional Specialist and a mySci teacher includes resources to support educators in approaching their own problems and opportunities of practice, similarly to how they would teach students to solve scientific problems.
mySci and Student Achievement Case Study: Pattonville
Case Study • January 2021 • by Maia Elkana
This case study illustrates the increase in student science performance on state-wide standardized tests and explores student science achievement on mySci unit assessments in a suburban Missouri public school district during curriculum adoption and early implementation.
How the eruption of Mt. Tambora shaped present-day Missouri: The impact of climate events on human migration in Justice-Oriented Science Teaching and Learning
Educator Resource • September 2020 • by WestEd
Report by WestEd on strategies to adapt science learning during the pandemic with examples from mySci.
Keep Teaching Science! Successful Strategies to Adapt K-12 Science Experiences to Distance Learning, NextGen Science Report
Educator Resource • September 2020 • by WestEd
Report by WestEd on strategies to adapt science learning during the pandemic with examples from mySci.
Courageous Cheetah Car: Kindergarten engineers build a functional playground car with the help of family members
NSTA ARTICLE • November 2022 • by Rebecca Stobbs & Jeanne Norris
This NSTA article details a hands-on project based learning lesson developed by Maplewood-Richmond Heights kindergarten teacher, Rebecca Stobbs, in partnership with the Institute for School Partnership.