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Johnson, Cleo Jacobs; Madoff, Ava; Richman, Scott; Johnson, Matthew; Gentile, Claudia – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2016
For many years, the Kauffman Foundation has focused efforts on improving educa­tion for children in Kansas City. Prior to opening the Kauffman School, the Kauffman Foundation operated several programs that addressed the challenges faced in urban education, such as Project Early (an early childhood program), Project Choice (a high school dropout…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Improvement, Dropout Prevention, Urban Schools
Lipscomb, Stephen; Chiang, Hanley; Gill, Brian – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2012
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania plans to develop a new statewide evaluation system for teachers and principals in its public schools by school year 2013-2014. To inform the development of this evaluation system, the Team Pennsylvania Foundation (Team PA) undertook the first phase of the Pennsylvania Teacher and Principal Evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Models, Outcomes of Education, Teacher Evaluation
Lipscomb, Stephen; Chiang, Hanley; Gill, Brian – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2012
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania plans to develop a new statewide evaluation system for teachers and principals in its public schools by school year 2013-2014. To inform the development of this evaluation system, the Team Pennsylvania Foundation (Team PA) undertook the first phase of the Pennsylvania Teacher and Principal Evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Models, Outcomes of Education, Teacher Evaluation
Glazerman, Steven; Senesky, Sarah; Seftor, Neil; Johnson, Amy – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2006
In recent years, researchers have argued that the shortage of highly qualified teachers in poor school districts may have less to do with attracting new teachers than with retaining them. To provide the scientific evidence that will support sound decisions about teacher induction, Mathematica is examining whether high-intensity teacher induction…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Beginning Teacher Induction, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
James-Burdumy, Susanne; Myers, David; Deke, John; Mansfield, Wendy; Gersten, Russell; Dimino, Joseph; Dole, Jan; Liang, Lauren; Vaughn, Sharon; Edmonds, Meaghan – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2006
This report lays out the design for the Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Interventions, which is assessing supplemental reading comprehension programs for fifth-grade students in Title I schools. The key design parameters are described. The report itself provides the rationale for these decisions and discusses design and measurement issues,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Data Analysis, Sample Size, Reading Instruction