TAP produced no measurable impacts on student test scores through March of the start-up year¶
Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2009 · checked against its sources 2026-10-08 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
Subclaims¶
Reading the evidence codes
q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r
the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.
This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.
q2 i? Through March of the start-up year, TAP's school-level changes did not produce measurable impacts on student test scores in Chicago K-8 schools. → Steven Glazerman 2009
Evidence¶
Steven Glazerman 2009¶
Steven Glazerman, Allison McKie, Nancy Carey. (2009). An Evaluation of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in Chicago: Year One Impact Report. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/an-evaluation-of-the-teacher-advancement-program-tap-in-chicago-year-one-impact-report
q2 · i? · causal · r?
The year-one impact study of Chicago K-8 schools reports that although TAP led to changes inside schools, "these changes did not produce measurable impacts on student test scores through March of the start-up year." No effect size or test statistic is printed.
"Although TAP led to changes inside schools, these changes did not produce measurable impacts on student test scores through March of the start-up year"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Chicago TAP did not fully implement its performance-based pay or value-added components as intended — related
- Chicago TAP did not raise student math or reading scores overall during the four-year rollout in Chicago Public Schools — a broader claim this one bears on
- Mathematica conducted a multi-year evaluation of Chicago TAP, with this report detailing second-year results — related
- A five-year evaluation of TAP in high-need Chicago public schools began in 2007 — related
Page metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
type |
claim |
id |
tap-no-test-score-impact-year-one |
title |
TAP produced no measurable impacts on student test scores through March of the start-up year |
description |
TAP produced no measurable impacts on student test scores through March of the start-up year |
status |
review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2009 |
source_checked |
2026-10-08 |
generated |
by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
trust |
unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
sources |
1 — steven-glazerman-2009 |
Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.