Team OpenStax 

 

 

Project Title: Closing the Gap: A data science approach to reducing academic achievement gaps among high school students 

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Description: Our project objective is to preemptively identify students who are falling behind in AP courses. We aim to make predictions that are understandable and actionable so that teachers can intervene early to prevent academic failure.

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Team Members: 

• Connor Rothschild ('21, Social Policy Analysis)

• Diksha Gupta ('21, Computer Science)

• Jessica Wang (Professional Masters student, Statistics)

• Parker Graham ('21, Statistics & Computer Science)

• Stephanie Xie ('21, Computer Science & Cognitive Sciences)  

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Sponsor: OpenStax

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Sponsor Mentors:

• Debshila Basu Mallick
, PhD - Research Scientist at OpenStax

• Dr. Richard Baraniuk, Rice Professor & Founder/Director at OpenStax

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Faculty Mentors:

• Dr. Arko Barman, Assistant Teaching Professor, D2K Lab

• Hossein Babaei, PhD Candidate