Assessment

Cost Efficacy

Eleven Science In Motion (SIM) sites are currently supported by a $1,100,000 appropriation from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; when fully funded in years past, they were supported by a $2.2 M appropriation. The cost for similar resources and training to be implemented individually by each of the schools impacted by these programs is estimated at $25 M.  Thus, the van program provides a 4-fold per subject reduction in costs.  Sharing resources makes sense!

Annual Reports

2009 - 2010

2010 - 2011

2011 - 2012

2012 - 2013

Consortium Service Numbers

School Year 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19
Biology teaching visits 1,377 1,211 1,080 655 665 669 639 724
Chemistry teaching visits 1,108 1,019 900 453 389 393 369 343
Other teaching visits 593 646 498 601 686 627 584 395
 Total teaching visits made 3,078  2,886  2,478  1,709  1,740  1,689  1,592  1,462
 Total equipment loans 8,256  7,238  6,298  6,018 5,648  6,046  6,206  6,585
 Total student contacts  208,328  214,164  202,931  143,723  137,100  150,929  158,320  182,229
 Different schools served  312 244  231  270  177  221  212  282
 Different teachers served  713  626  624  623  443  478  470  642
Different labs taught 1,050 925 886 858 842 612 759 751
Total students in accelerated classes 46,197 50,043 57,221 29,741 25,711 31,018 40,261 25,740