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Isenberg, Eric; Hock, Heinrich – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2011
This report presents the value-added models that will be used to measure school and teacher effectiveness in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) in the 2010-2011 school year. It updates the earlier technical report, "Measuring Value Added for IMPACT and TEAM in DC Public Schools." The earlier report described the methods used…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, School Effectiveness, Models
Isenberg, Eric; Hock, Heinrich – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has incorporated measures of school and teacher effectiveness, based on student test score growth, into a new teacher assessment system known as IMPACT. Implemented for the first time during the 2009-2010 school year, IMPACT is an assessment system with significant consequences. Prior to the start of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Scores
Potamites, Liz; Chaplin, Duncan; Isenberg, Eric; Booker, Kevin – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2009
New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit organization committed to training school principals, heads the Effective Practices Incentive Community (EPIC), an initiative that offers financial awards to effective educators. New Leaders and its partner organizations have received from the U.S. Department of Education tens of millions of dollars in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Awards, School Effectiveness
Booker, Kevin; Isenberg, Eric – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2008
New Leaders for New Schools, a non-profit organization committed to training high-quality urban public school principals, received grants from the U.S. Department of Education in 2006 and 2007 to support the development of innovative teacher compensation strategies. New Leaders is partnering with four urban school districts and a consortium of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement