Compact collaboration activities did not yield systemic change within the grant period but were perceived to have produced small-scale improvements in instructional quality and human capital practices and increased availability of school effectiveness information¶

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q2 i? Compact collaboration activities did not yield systemic change within the grant period but were perceived to have resulted in small-scale improvements in instructional quality and human capital practices and increased availability of information about the relative effectiveness of individual schools across sectors. → Moira McCullough 2016

Evidence¶

Moira McCullough 2016¶

Moira McCullough, Betsy Keating, Luke Heinkel. (2016). District-Charter Collaboration Grant Implementation: Final Findings from Interviews and Site Visits. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/districtcharter-collaboration-grant-implementation-final-findings-from-interviews-and-site-visits

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Perception-based findings from interviews and site visits conducted for the district-charter collaboration grant evaluation through December 2015. Improvements in instructional quality, human capital practices, and information availability were "perceived" by respondents; systemic change was not achieved. No effect size is reported.

"Compact collaboration activities have not yielded systemic change within the grant period but were perceived to have resulted in small-scale improvements in instructional quality and human capital practices and increased availability of information about the relative effectiveness of individual schools across all sectors."

Discussion¶

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