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Evaluation of Massachusetts Office of District and School Turnaround Assistance to Commissioner's Districts and Schools: Impact of School Redesign Grants
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LiCalsi, Christina; Citkowicz, Martyna; Friedman, Lawrence B.; Brown, Megan – American Institutes for Research, 2015
The Massachusetts Office of District and School Turnaround (ODST) assists the Commissioner's Districts (the 10 largest districts in the state) and schools within those districts. The assistance focuses on turning around the lowest performing schools in the district while building district capacity to support improvement in other district schools.…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Grants, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Measuring Impact and Understanding Implementation of School Improvement Grants in Massachusetts
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Stein, Laura; LiCalsi, Christina; Kistner, Alexandra; Garcia-Piriz, Dioni; Melchior, Karen – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Despite largely mixed reports about the impact of School Improvement Grants (SIGs) on school improvement nationwide, Massachusetts has experienced proven success with these grants, termed School Redesign Grants (SRGs) in Massachusetts, as evidenced by comparative interrupted time series analyses, which show that SRGs have a significant impact on…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Grants, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Focusing on the Whole Student: An Evaluation of Massachusetts' Wraparound Zones Initiative
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Gandhi, Allison Gruner; Slama, Rachel; Park, So Jung – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Over the past twenty years, efforts to turn around low-performing schools have increasingly become a central component of federal and state education policy agendas. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of the Wraparound Zones Initiative (WAZ), a program supported by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Academic Persistence
Evaluation of the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative: Final Study Findings
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Checkoway, Amy; Gamse, Beth; Velez, Melissa; Linkow, Tamara – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
The Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiative provides grants to selected schools to redesign their schedules by adding 300-plus instructional hours to the school year to improve outcomes, broaden enrichment opportunities, and provide teachers with more planning and professional development time. The Massachusetts Department of…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, Grants, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness