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Download full textMayer, Alexander K.; Patel, Reshma; Rudd, Timothy; Ratledge, Alyssa – MDRC, 2015
Performance-based scholarships have two main goals: (1) to give students more money for college; and (2) to provide incentives for academic progress. MDRC launched the Performance-Based Scholarship (PBS) Demonstration in 2008 to evaluate the effectiveness of these scholarships in a diverse set of states, institutions, and low-income student…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Factors, Academic Achievement
Knechtel, Virginia; Anderson, Mary Anne; Burnett, Alyson; Coen, Thomas; Sullivan, Margaret; Tuttle, Christina Clark; Gleason, Philip – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2015
The Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools' consistently positive impacts on student achievement (detailed in Volume I of this report) have prompted efforts to scale up the KIPP model to serve more students. According to the KIPP model, highly qualified and autonomous principals, supported by national and regional staff, drive the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Scaling, Leadership, Program Evaluation
Education Trust-West, 2010
California touts some of the highest educational standards in the country. Yet when it comes to the state's African-American students, these standards have proved to be little more than a mirage, forever out of reach. This report analyzes the most recent data on African-American achievement and opportunity gaps from the elementary grades through…
Descriptors: African American Achievement, African American Education, African American Students, Educational Assessment
Plattner, Andy – Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, 2008
For each of the past 10 years, the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning has issued a report on the status of California's teaching force based on research conducted by SRI International. The Center provides practical information to help policymakers and education leaders understand the challenges they face is provided. Context, clarity…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Competencies, Teacher Qualifications, Research Reports
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1973
Achievement test scores and measures of district and pupil characteristics were analyzed for all California school districts. Achievement test scores were found to be highly correlated among each other. The best single predictor of achievement scores was a measure of family poverty. Scholastic aptitude scores were not used as predictors.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Economic Status, Performance Factors
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1985
In addition to being one of the largest states in the country, California is also known for innovation and change. Reform in California often presages change throughout the country. The views of California teachers are, therefore, of special Significance to policymakers. This survey examines the 1985 views of California teachers for strengthening…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Kindergarten, Public Schools
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1996
This report summarizes data from performance indicators used to assess California higher education. A brief overview covers historical development of the indicators and notes some recent developments and future plans. Data tables, accompanying charts, and notes covering each of the 75 performance indicators are organized into five major sections:…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Outcomes Assessment
