Six of seven recently reformed high schools showed first-year on-track improvements above comparison schools, though evidence is limited¶
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q2 i? Among the seven high schools reformed under models other than Reconstitution with at least one year of data, six showed some improvement in on-track rates above comparison schools. → de la Torre 2013
Evidence¶
de la Torre 2013¶
de la Torre, M., Allensworth, E., Jagesic, S., Sebastian, J., & Salmonowicz, M.; with Meyers, C., & Gerdeman, R. D. (2013). Turning Around Low-Performing Schools in Chicago. University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/turning-around-low-performing-schools-chicago-full-report
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Descriptive analysis of the small set of high schools reformed under models other than Reconstitution. The authors state they are "hesitant to make sweeping conclusions" given the small number of schools and limited data; no effect size is printed.
"Among those schools with at least one year of data, however, six out of seven showed some improvement in on-track rates above the comparison schools."
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Related Claims¶
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Six of seven recently reformed high schools showed first-year on-track improvements above comparison schools, though evidence is limited |
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Six of seven recently reformed high schools showed first-year on-track improvements above comparison schools, though evidence is limited |
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