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Direct linkAdamson, David M. – RAND Corporation, 2012
Researchers examined whether rewarding teams of teachers for student performance had an effect on student achievement or teacher practices or attitudes in a demonstration project in Round Rock, Texas. They found that the intervention had no effect in any of these areas. Students taught by teacher teams who were offered incentives scored slightly…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness
Download full textJacob, Anna M.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2012
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) is the nation's oldest and largest urban school choice program, offering private-school scholarships to low-income students in the city of Milwaukee since 1990. In the early years of the program, voucher schools were not required to test their students, though many of them did so using nationally normed…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Educational Testing
Gray, Nathan L.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Jensen, Laura I. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
With the passage of 2005 Wisconsin Act 125, private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) are now required to administer a nationally normed standardized test annually in reading, mathematics, and science to their MPCP (a.k.a. "Choice") students enrolled in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. The law further…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Grades (Scholastic), School Choice, Achievement Gains
EdSource, 2007
This one-page guide provides a handy reference to help you understand state and federal accountability program terminology. Terms defined herein are: (1) Academic Performance Index (API); (2) Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP); (3) Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program (CSRD); (4) California Standards Tests (CSTs); (5) High Priority…
Descriptors: Accountability, Glossaries, Federal Programs, Educational Indicators
Dean, Jeffery R.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive data regarding the test scores of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) students in grades 4, 8 and 10 in reading, math, and science, as reported to the School Choice Demonstration Project 2008-2009. The tables, graphs, and histograms presented in this paper provide a snapshot of these…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, School Choice, Achievement Gains, Testing
Sokolow, Jayme A. – Center for Civic Education, 2008
This is school climate study of the Center for Civic Education's School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program at Ritter Elementary School in Allentown, Pennsylvania for the academic year 2006-7. Ritter, like most of Allentown's schools, is a majority-minority school. Hispanic, African American, Middle Eastern, and immigrant students outnumber…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Violence, Educational Environment, Demonstration Programs
Gray, Nathan L.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Jensen, Laura I. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive data regarding the test scores of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) students in grades 4, 8 and 10 in reading, math and science, as reported to the School Choice Demonstration Project 2007-2008. The tables, graphs, and histograms presented in this report provide a snapshot of these…
Descriptors: School Choice, Testing, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs
