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Paeplow, Colleen – Wake County Public School System, 2011
In 2010-11, Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) was in district-wide improvement as a result of failing to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in mathematics at the district level for the second consecutive year. This report examines student outcomes in 2010-11 as well as overall teacher outcomes and longitudinal results for schools targeted…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness
John F. Witte; Deven Carlson; Joshua M. Cowen; David J. Fleming; Patrick J. Wolf – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2012
This is the final report in a five-year evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). This report features analyses of student achievement growth four years after the authors carefully assembled longitudinal study panels of MPCP and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) students in 2006-07. The MPCP, which began in 1990, provides…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Educational Attainment
Wolf, Patrick; Eissa, Nada; Gutmann, Babette – Education Working Paper Archive, 2006
The federal government recently enacted its first school voucher program as a pilot project in the District of Columbia. To be eligible, students need to be entering grades K-12 and have a family income at or below 185 percent of the poverty level. Although a rigorous analysis of the Opportunity Scholarship Program's impact on student achievement…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, Disadvantaged, Scholarships