Project Lead the Way: A Pre-Engineering Curriculum That Works
A New Design for High School Career/Technical Studies

By Gene Bottoms and Karen Anthony

This research brief examines the effectiveness of Project Lead the Way^® (PLTW) at High Schools That Work (HSTW) sites. PLTW is a high school engineering program designed to prepare career/technical students for postsecondary engineering technician or college engineering studies. This report compares the reading, mathematics and science achievement scores of PLTW students with that of non-PLTW students on the 2004 HSTW Assessment. When compared with career/technical students in similar fields, PLTW student have significantly higher achievement in mathematics; when compared with all career/technical students, PLTW students score significantly higher in reading, mathematics and science.

Keywords: PLTW, CT students, student achievement, pre-engineering

(05V08); 16 pages; 2005; $2 each, $1 each for 10 or more

Goals that it reflects: All recent high school graduates have solid academic preparation and are ready for postsecondary education and a career.

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