Teacher-level cross-sector collaboration remained low across grantee sites, in part because many collaborative activities targeted school leaders rather than teachers¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Teacher-level collaboration remained low across grantee sites, in part because many of the collaborative activities targeted school leaders rather than teachers. → Moira McCullough 2016

Evidence¶

Moira McCullough 2016¶

Moira McCullough, Betsy Keating, Luke Heinkel. (2016). District-Charter Collaboration Grant Implementation: Final Findings from Interviews and Site Visits. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/districtcharter-collaboration-grant-implementation-final-findings-from-interviews-and-site-visits

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Findings from teacher focus groups and interviews across grantee sites in the district-charter collaboration grant evaluation. The report attributes low teacher-level collaboration partly to activities that "targeted school leaders rather than teachers." No effect size is reported.

"Teacher-level collaboration remains low across the grantee sites, in part because many of the collaborative activities targeted school leaders rather than teachers."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Collaboration — outcome: instruction changes it

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