Schools with many unrelated and unsustained initiatives show smaller gains than schools with coherent programs¶

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Evidence · 1 study · design r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Schools with many unrelated and unsustained initiatives and programs show smaller gains than schools with coherent ones. → UChicago Consortium on School Research 2025

Evidence¶

UChicago Consortium on School Research 2025¶

UChicago Consortium on School Research. (2025). Family playbook: Effective principal leadership. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/events-and-resources

q2 · i? · design · r1

The playbook cites Newmann, Smith, Allensworth, & Bryk's work on instructional program coherence, stating that "Schools with many unrelated & unsustained initiatives & programs show smaller gains than schools with coherent ones." No effect size is printed.

"Schools with many unrelated & unsustained initiatives & programs show smaller gains than schools with coherent ones."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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