The Impact of School Reform on Student Performance Evidence: From the New York Network for School Renewal Project
This paper evaluates the impact of the New York Networks for School Renewal Project, a whole school reform initiated by the Annenberg Foundation as part of a nationwide reform strategy. It uses data on students in randomly chosen control schools to estimate impacts on student achievement, using an intent-to-treat design. After controlling for student demographic, mobility, and school characteristics, the authors find positive impacts for students attending reform schools in the fourth Grade, mixed evidence for fifth Grade, and slight to no evidence for sixth Grade. On average, there is a small positive impact. The paper illustrates how relatively inexpensive administrative data can be used to evaluate education reforms.
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2004
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Authors: | Schwartz, Amy Ellen ; Stiefel, ALeanna ; Kim, ADae Yeop |
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Journal of Human Resources. - University of Wisconsin Press. - Vol. 39.2004, 2
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University of Wisconsin Press |
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