Principals exhibit an incomplete understanding of how achievement growth is captured in EPIC performance measures¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Principals in EPIC sites exhibit an incomplete understanding of how growth is captured in the performance measures used for incentive awards. → Duncan Chaplin 2009

Evidence¶

Duncan Chaplin 2009¶

Duncan Chaplin, Hanley Chiang, Margaret Sullivan, Virginia Knechtel, Dominic Harris, Shinu Verghese, Kathy Sonnenfeld, Barbara Kennen, John Hall. (2009). 2008 Principal/Vice Principal Survey Results for Evaluation of the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC). Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/2008-principalvice-principal-survey-results-for-evaluation-of-the-effective-practice-incentive-community-epic

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The baseline survey collected information on school administrators' knowledge of EPIC; the report states principals "exhibit an incomplete understanding of how growth is captured in these performance measures." No effect size is printed.

"but they exhibit an incomplete understanding of how growth is captured in these performance measures."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• The EPIC evaluation baseline report compares student characteristics across the program's three partners and compares award-determination data with data on all students in the awarded schools — related
• The EPIC evaluation design report documents estimation procedures, partner-level operations, and a work plan — related
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