Turnaround partnership schools are producing math improvements, but other effects were mixed, varying by outcome and by partner organization (Kindezi and PBS)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Turnaround partnership schools are producing improvements in math performance. → Hallgren 2019 q2 i? Effects on other outcomes in partnership schools were mixed, varying by outcome and by partner organization. → Hallgren 2019

Evidence¶

Hallgren 2019¶

Hallgren, Kristin; Gonzalez, Naihobe; Kelly, Kevin; Demers, Alicia; Gill, Brian. (2019). Year 2 Report of the Atlanta Public Schools Turnaround Strategy. Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/year-2-report-of-the-atlanta-public-schools-turnaround-strategy

q2 · i? · causal · r?

The report's partnership analysis covers the Kindezi and PBS school partnerships; it reports math improvements while "other effects were mixed, varying by outcome and by partner organization." No effect sizes are printed on the page.

"Turnaround partnership schools are producing improvements in math performance. However, other effects were mixed, varying by outcome and by partner organization."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• After two years, the Turnaround Strategy is producing improvements in math performance in targeted schools, with no evidence of positive impacts on other student outcomes — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• The first-year APS Turnaround Strategy evaluation reports implementation and impact findings focused on High Impact Tutoring and PBS operation of Thomasville Heights Elementary — related
• There is little evidence that math and reading specialists, one Turnaround Strategy component in targeted schools, had an impact on academic outcomes — related
• The Uncommon Schools whole-school model, typically built from the earliest grades in new schools, produced substantial positive achievement effects when applied in a turnaround setting — related