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Direct linkDixon, LaTanya L.; Pham, Lam D.; Henry, Gary T.; Corcoran, Sean P.; Zimmer, Ron – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2022
Purpose: While previous research has examined the impact of school turnaround models, less is known about the principals who lead these turnaround schools. This study examines the personal demographics, experience, educational background, prior school performance, salaries, and turnover of principals who led two turnaround models in Tennessee's…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, School Turnaround, School Districts
Pham, Lam D. – Educational Researcher, 2023
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, whole-school reforms will continue to be a prominent strategy for improving student outcomes in low-performing schools. As reform models have proliferated, so has research evaluating the impact in reform schools. However, previous evaluations have rarely examined unintended spillover effects in nonreform…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Change, Teacher Transfer, Educational Policy
Pham, Lam D. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Mixed results from evaluations of school reform suggest a need for evidence to explain why some models succeed while others fail. Addressing that need, this study uses structural equation modeling to estimate difference-in-differences models that examine mediating mechanisms for positive effects produced by Innovation Zone (iZone) reforms in…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Change, Structural Equation Models, Program Evaluation
Pham, Lam D. – AERA Open, 2022
Turnaround interventions often require or encourage low-performing schools to replace teachers, assuming that schools will recruit high-performing teachers who remain effective after transferring. However, teacher effectiveness may change after transferring, which could explain why some teacher replacement efforts do not improve student…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, School Turnaround, Models, Intervention
Pham, Lam D.; Henry, Gary T.; Kho, Adam; Zimmer, Ron – AERA Open, 2020
Recent evaluations of reforms to improve low-performing schools have almost exclusively focused on shorter term effects. In this study, we extend the literature by examining the sustainability and maturation of two turnaround models in Tennessee: the state-led Achievement School District (ASD) and district-led local Innovation Zones (iZones).…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Sustainability, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Viano, Samantha; Pham, Lam D.; Henry, Gary T.; Kho, Adam; Zimmer, Ron – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
Attracting and retaining teachers can be an important ingredient in improving low-performing schools. In this study, we estimate the expressed preferences for teachers who have worked in low-performing schools in Tennessee. Using adaptive conjoint analysis survey design, we examine three types of school attributes that may influence teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Employment, Faculty Mobility, Decision Making
