The 2007 DC school reforms improved student learning in reading, per testimony based on NAEP data through 2017¶

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q2 i? The DC school reforms of 2007 improved student learning in reading. → Duncan Chaplin 2021

Evidence¶

Duncan Chaplin 2021¶

Duncan Chaplin. (2021). Testimony: Impact of the DC School Reforms on Student Achievement. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/testimony-impact-of-the-dc-school-reforms-on-student-achievement

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Testimony summarizing an analysis using nearly a quarter century of NAEP data (early 1990s to 2017); the page states the reforms improved learning in math and reading. No effect size is printed on the page.

"The public comments served to clarify how the reforms, which led to mayoral control over the DC Public Schools, centralized authority over charter public schools, and a united enrollment system, improved student learning in math and reading."

Discussion¶

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