Initial improvements in Annenberg schools' organizational capacity by 1999 largely disappeared by 2001, leaving little net change¶
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q2 i? Improvements that occurred by 1999 in school leadership, teacher professional community and professional development, parent and community support, relational trust, and instructional program coherence disappeared by the end of the Challenge in 2001. → Smylie 2003
Evidence¶
Smylie 2003¶
Smylie, M. A., Wenzel, S. A., with Allensworth, E., Fendt, C., Hallman, S., Luppescu, S., & Nagaoka, J. (2003). The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: Successes, Failures, and Lessons for the Future. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED
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Longitudinal survey analysis of seven areas of school improvement assessed with the Model of Essential Supports for Student Learning (Tables 6–12). The report states initial improvement "disappeared by the end of the Challenge in 2001," leaving organizational capacity much like at the beginning.
"Initial improvement that occurred by 1999 among Annenberg schools in a number of areas of school organizational capacity—school leadership, teacher professional community and professional development, parent and community support, relational trust, and instruction program coherence disappeared by the end of the Challenge in 2001."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Annenberg elementary schools developed in small but potentially significant ways in leadership, professional community, parent and community support, and social trust, mostly mirroring citywide development patterns — related
- Chicago school organizational supports (leadership, professional capacity, parent involvement) improved across eras, but instructional quality did not, and student-reported teacher support declined after 2005 — related
- The five essential supports matter in combination: strength on clusters of supports, not isolated domains, predicts improvement — related
- The Chicago Annenberg Challenge had little impact on student academic achievement: rates of gain in Annenberg schools did not differ significantly from non-Annenberg schools — related
- Annenberg external partners accumulated substantial experience working with schools but were not particularly successful in promoting improvement across the large number of schools they served — related
- Many Annenberg schools had weak human and social resources, including low trust among teachers, limiting their capacity for school development — related
- Annenberg schools showed no significant differences from non-Annenberg schools in student social and psychological outcomes, some of which weakened — related
- Relational trust varies substantially between schools, supporting its treatment as an organizational property — related
- Schools with many unrelated and unsustained initiatives show smaller gains than schools with coherent programs — related
- Marketing courseware to individual faculty members produced higher initial user numbers than institutional scaling strategies, but the difference disappeared within 3 years. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- School Supports Including Academic Press, Social Support, and Instructional Program Coherence Relate to Achievement — related
- Parental attitudes transformed from scepticism to high trust over the three cycles, with parents of low performers developing high confidence by Cycle 3 — related
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Initial improvements in Annenberg schools' organizational capacity by 1999 largely disappeared by 2001, leaving little net change |
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Initial improvements in Annenberg schools' organizational capacity by 1999 largely disappeared by 2001, leaving little net change |
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