Research & Evaluation
Initiative on the Study of College and Career Readiness (ISCCR)
Arizona GEAR UP 2012-19 embraces the importance of evaluation and research through the Northern Arizona University (NAU) Initiative on the Study of College and Career Readiness (ISCRR), located at the NAU North Valley Campus in Phoenix, Arizona. The Initiative’s three-person evaluation team works closely with Arizona GEAR UP professional staff on a range of research and evaluation activities in the area of college and career readiness. The goals of this collaboration are to ensure that the program services and interventions of Arizona GEAR UP 2012-2019 are grounded in evidence-based practice; to conduct quasi-experimental evaluations of program outcomes; to provide guidance about specific strategies suitable for replication or testing in other settings; and to add to the existing research base on effective college and career readiness practices. In the spirit of collaboration, NAU is pleased to support the opportunity and commitment to learn more about important factors in students’ college and career readiness.
Research in Practice Briefs, published by the ISCCR can be found on our resources page
Director of Research
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Thomas G. Fetsco
Director of Research
Thomas Fetsco, Ph.D. is the Director of Research and Evaluation for the Initiative on the Study of College and Career Readiness. He has served as program evaluator for both state and partnership GEAR UP grants for ten years. Dr. Fetsco was the lead researcher on a study of the Arizona GEAR UP intervention, academic mentoring in 2010-12 and represents Arizona on the multi-state GEAR UP College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium. Dr. Fetsco is a professor of Educational Psychology at Northern Arizona University, and has thirty years of experience in the preparation of educational professionals at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Thomas.Fetsco@nau.edu
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