Most Annenberg partners found the Challenge's twice-yearly written reporting requirements burdensome and detrimental to their work with schools¶

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Currency · newest study 2004 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2007: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Most Annenberg partners experienced the required detailed budget and activity reports as onerous and as detracting from their school-improvement work. → Karin Sconzert 2004

Evidence¶

Karin Sconzert 2004¶

Karin Sconzert, Mark A. Smylie, & Stacy A. Wenzel. (2004). Working for School Improvement: Reflections of Chicago Annenberg External Partners. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/working-school-improvement-reflections-chicago-annenberg-external-partners

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Partner self-report from the report's discussion of the Challenge's accountability system, which required partners to submit detailed written budget and activity reports twice each year.

"most Annenberg partners found these requirements to be onerous and thought that they detracted from their work with schools."

Discussion¶

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