ERIC Number: ED627633
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Publication Date: 2023-Jan
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Changing the Odds: Student Achievement after Introduction of a Middle School Math Intervention. Working Paper 30870
Betts, Julian R.; Zau, Andrew C.; Bachofer, Karen Volz
National Bureau of Economic Research
The paper evaluates math performance at four high-need middle schools during a four-year intervention, which was designed to help math teachers diagnose students' areas of need and to design lesson plans responsive to those needs. Before the intervention began, the researchers pre-selected four comparison schools by matching based on achievement and also on demographics. A difference-in-difference analysis finds a significant increase of about 0.11 standard deviation in test scores per year for students in the program schools. Supplementary event study and synthetic control analyses to detect year-by-year effects lack precision but are weakly suggestive of a smaller impact in year 1 than later years. A cost analysis considers the affordability of extending similar programs.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Intervention, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness, At Risk Students, Student Needs
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305H150028
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