Chicago elementary principals are overwhelmingly positive about Grow, with higher endorsement rates than teachers on shared items¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2004 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2007: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Eighty percent of principals reported using the Grow Network to see student results and 72 percent found the Grow Parent Report useful, while about 58 percent said Grow Reports were a priority at their school versus about 52 percent of teachers. → John Q. Easton 2004

Evidence¶

John Q. Easton 2004¶

John Q. Easton, Stuart Luppescu. (2004). Teacher and Principal Responses to the Grow Network: A Preliminary Evaluation of Use in Chicago Public Elementary Schools. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/teacher-and-principal-responses-grow-network-preliminary-evaluation-use-chicago-public

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Survey of 282 CPS elementary principals asking a bank of Grow questions; the brief reports these descriptive percentages and notes principals' responses are "quite high," contrasting the roughly 58 percent priority figure with about 52 percent of teachers agreeing with the same item. No inferential test is printed.

"Eighty percent reported having used the Grow Network to see results for their students, and 72 percent believed that the Grow Parent Report was a useful tool for communicating with parents. About 58 percent indicated that the Grow Reports were a priority at their school last year."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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