The retention effect of Balanced Leadership® was not statistically significant in the contributing study¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The WWC summary of the Jacob et al. (2015) finding marks the school leader retention result as not statistically significant, with a p-value of .10. → What Works Clearinghouse 2020

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2020¶

What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2020). Balanced Leadership®. https://whatworks.ed.gov

q3 · i? · causal · r?

WWC summary of findings from the RCT (Table 4). The statistically significant column reads "No" for the retention outcome; the report notes "A positive improvement index does not necessarily mean the estimated effect is statistically significant."

"School leader retention at the school 124 principals 0.45 +17 No"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Comparison-group contamination occurred in the Balanced Leadership® trial — related
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