The nation's largest charter management organization is the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). KIPP schools are … traditional reading and math skills. No Excuses charter schools are sometimes said to focus on relatively motivated high achievers … scores rise by roughly 0.35 standard deviations for each year spent at KIPP Lynn. -- human capital ; charter schools …

finds that the stability over time of teacher value-added estimates can depend on the previous achievement level of a …

' achievement increases after being exposed to the teacher, or based on the teacher's "value-added''. When teacher value-added is …

2011 will emphasize summative evaluation in Swedish schools, despite a strong discourse advocating formative assessment. …

The nation's largest charter management organization is the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). KIPP schools are … traditional reading and math skills. No Excuses charter schools are sometimes said to focus on relatively motivated high achievers … emblematic of the No Excuses approach to public education, a highly standardized and widely replicated charter model that …

Control Trial (RCT) conditions. Half of 181 volunteer primary schools in England were randomly selected to participate in a … masks large heterogeneity; in small schools, which would have no choice over which teachers would be involved, we find … negative impacts of the training (0.1-0.18SD), whereas we find positive impacts in larger schools (0.06-0.17SD). We conclude …

schools. Using data at the school-year-subject level, we eliminate any school-level confounders and associate the proportion … returns, are more effective in larger schools and when surrounded by colleagues holding postgraduate degrees. We also document …

") targeted at ten poorly performing lower secondary schools in Sweden's most disadvantaged city districts. The aim of the …

program under Randomized Control Trial (RCT) conditions. Half of 181 volunteer primary schools in England were randomly …