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Are Low-Performing Schools Adopting Practices Promoted by School Improvement Grants? (In Focus Brief)
Herrmann, Mariesa; Dragoset, Lisa; James-Burdumy, Susanne - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
This issue brief from Mathematica’s multi-year evaluation of SIG for the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of … Education Sciences, sheds light on which individual SIG practices (and what combinations of practices) low-performing schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144710
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Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Early Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After One Year: Executive Summary
Max, Jeffrey; Constantine, Jill; Wellington, Alison; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
This is the first of four planned reports from a multiyear study focusing on the Teacher Incentive Fund grants awarded in 2010. It examines grantees’ implementation experiences and intermediate educator outcomes near the end of the first year of program implementation, before the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144716
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Sensitivity of Teacher Value-Added Estimates to Student and Peer Control Variables (Journal Article)
Johnson, Matthew T.; Lipscomb, Stephen; Gill, Brian - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
Teacher value-added models (VAMs) must isolate teachers’ contributions to student achievement to be valid. Well-known VAMs use different specifications, however, leaving policymakers with little clear guidance for constructing a valid model.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144736
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Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement (Journal Article)
Zimmer, Ron; Gill, Brian; Attridge, Jonathon; Obenauf, … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013
This paper uses individual student-level data from Ohio–which permits a wide range of organizations to authorize charter schools—to examine the relationship between type of authorizer and charter-school effectiveness, as measured by students’ achievement trajectories.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144771
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A Study of the Effect of Talent Search on Secondary and Postsecondary Outcomes in Florida, Indiana, and Texas
Constantine, Jill; Seftor, Neil; Martin, Emily Sama; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2006
Low-income students and students whose parents have not attended college typically are less likely than middle- and upper-income students to complete high school and attend college, and are thus less likely to reap the benefits of attending college. In 1965, Congress established the Talent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144790
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National Evaluation of Early Reading First
Jackson, Russell; McCoy, Ann; Pistorino, Carol; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2007
The Early Reading First program provided grants that were designed to enhance teacher practices, instructional content, and classroom environments in preschools to ensure that young children, especially those from low-income families, start school with the skills needed for academic success....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144808
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Child Care and Early Education Arrangements of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers: 2001
Mulligan, Gail M.; Brimhall, DeeAnn; West, Jerry; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2005
This report is the latest in a National Center for Education Statistics series on young children’s nonparental care …, taken from the 2001 administration of the Early Childhood Program Participation Survey, National Household Education Surveys … (household income and mothers’ education and employment status), as well as by poverty status and geographic region or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144832
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Identifying Alternative Certification Programs for an Impact Evaluation of Teacher Preparation
Mayer, Daniel P.; Decker, Paul T.; Glazerman, Steven; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2003
A heated debate exists over the effectiveness of a teacher preparation approach called “alternative certification.†Alternative certification programs offer a means for bachelor’s degree holders to become a teacher of record, with far less training than required by traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144838
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The Teacher-Student Data Link Project: Three Lasting Accomplishments
Jewell, Cassie Pickens; Hallgren, Kristin; Wissel, Sarah - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
In 2010, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invited five states and three pilot districts in each state to participate in the Teacher-Student Data Link (TSDL) project. Mathematica developed a report presenting findings from 2011, the project’s first year of implementation. Building on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144876
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Children's Progress During the 2010-2011 LAUP Year
Xue, Yange; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Moiduddin, Emily; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012
This issue brief describes children's development in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool program during 2010–2011. English-proficient students showed significant growth in early literacy skills from fall to spring, with their mean scores exceeding the national average. However, their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144917