The EPIC project applied a set of methods to identify effective schools and teachers across a multi-state charter school consortium in its second year.¶
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q2 i? In the project's second year, the EPIC consortium used documented methods to identify effective schools and teachers among its member charter schools. → Liz Potamites 2009
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Liz Potamites 2009¶
Liz Potamites, Kevin Booker, Duncan Chaplin, Eric Isenberg. (2009). Measuring School and Teacher Effectiveness in the EPIC Charter School Consortium—Year 2. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/measuring-school-and-teacher-effectiveness-in-the-epic-charter-school-consortium-year-2
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The report's own abstract states it "presents the methods used to identify effective schools and teachers" for the EPIC consortium, a multi-state network of over 140 charter schools, in the project's second year. No effect sizes or comparative results are printed on the available page.
"This report presents the methods used to identify effective schools and teachers for a consortium of over 140 charter schools in 17 states and the District of Columbia during the second year of the project."
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Related Claims¶
- Mathematica designed a method to identify effective schools for a consortium of 99 charter schools in 18 states and the District of Columbia in the project's first year. — related
- Most principals in EPIC sites have positive attitudes toward EPIC and merit pay in general — related
- The report documents a value-added method combining nontechnical description of main features with data sources and technical statistical detail — related
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The EPIC project applied a set of methods to identify effective schools and teachers across a multi-state charter school consortium in its second year. |
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The EPIC project applied a set of methods to identify effective schools and teachers across a multi-state charter school consortium in its second year. |
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