A Profile of the Upward Bound Math-Science Program: 2000–2001 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS 2004 A Profile of the Upward Bound Math-Science Program: 2000–2001 Prepared for: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Federal TRIO Programs By: Research Triangle Institute Thomas R. Curtin Margaret W. Cahalan This report was prepared for the U.S. Department of Education under Contract No. ED–01–CO–0052/0007. The views expressed herein are those of the contractor. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education is intended or should be inferred. U. S. Department of Education Rod Paige Secretary Office of Postsecondary Education Sally L. Stroup Assistant Secretary Federal TRIO Programs Larry Oxendine Director December 2004 This report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. While permis- sion to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should be: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, A Profile of the Upward Bound Math-Science Program: 2000–2001, by Thomas R. Curtin and Margaret W. Cahalan, Washington, DC, 2004. To obtain additional copies of this report: write to: ED Pubs, Education Publications Center, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398; or fax your request to: (301) 470–1244; or e-mail your request to: [email protected], or call in your request toll-free: 1–877–433–7827 (1–877–4–ED–PUBS). If 877 service is not yet available in your area, call 1–800–872–5327 (1–800–USA–LEARN). Those who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a teletypewriter (TTY), should call 1–877–576–7734. or order online at: www.edpubs.org. This report is also available on the Department’s Web site at: www.ed.gov/programs/triomathsci/index.html. On request, this publication is available in alternate formats, such as Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette. For more information, please contact the Department’s Alternate Format Center at (202) 260–9895 or (202) 205–8113. CONTENTS TABLES . v FIGURES . vii FOREWORD . ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . xi HIGHLIGHTS . xiii Grantees and target schools . xiii Participants . xiii Program participation levels, services, and academic measures . xiv Postsecondary enrollment . xiv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION . 1 A. The program’s purpose, origins, and requirements . 1 B. Program funding history . 4 C. The changing national context . 6 D. Purpose and development of the UBMS performance report . 9 E. Report structure . 10 CHAPTER 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF GRANTEES . 11 A. Federal region . 12 B. IPEDS comparison . 12 CHAPTER 3 UPWARD BOUND MATH-SCIENCE PARTICIPANTS . 17 A. Participant distribution, by eligibility . 17 1. Context: National data on poverty and parent education . 17 2. Distribution of UBMS participants, by eligibility status . 20 B. Participant distribution, by race/ethnicity . 20 1. Context . 20 2. Distribution of UBMS participants, by race/ethnicity . 20 C. Participant distribution, by gender . 22 1. Context . 22 2. UBMS distribution, by gender . 23 D. Participant need for services . 24 E. Participant distribution, by grade and age at entry into the program . 25 1. Grade at entry into UBMS . 25 2. Age at entry into UBMS . 26 CHAPTER 4 UPWARD BOUND MATH-SCIENCE TARGET SCHOOLS . 27 A. Number of target schools . 27 B. Estimates of the percentage of potentially eligible students served . 29 C. Comparison of percentage eligible for free lunch and percentage minority . 29 iii CHAPTER 5 HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, SERVICES, AND ACADEMIC MEASURES . 33 A. Participation level and number served . 33 1. Participation level . 33 2. Number served and number funded to serve . 33 B. Participant status and length of participation . 36 1. Participation length . 36 2. Reason for leaving the program . 38 3. Overlap among UB and UBMS participation . 39 C. Services offered and received . 39 1. Percentage of projects offering service . 40 2. Percentage of participants receiving instruction in the subject area . 40 3. Other services for UBMS in 2000–01 . 43 D. High school grades . 45 1. GPA at the start and end, by grade . 45 2. GPA change status . 47 E. College entrance exams . 47 1. Context . 47 2. UBMS college entrance exam results . 48 F. Credits earned . 49 CHAPTER 6 POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT . ..