High-dosage tutoring, frequent teacher feedback and coaching, and data-driven instructional practices show moderately strong evidence of association with charter-school achievement impacts¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Moderately strong evidence links high-dosage tutoring, frequent feedback and coaching for teachers, and data-guided instructional practices to positive charter-school achievement impacts. → Philip M. Gleason 2017

Evidence¶

Philip M. Gleason 2017¶

Philip M. Gleason. (2017). What's the Secret Ingredient? Searching for Policies and Practices That Make Charter Schools Successful. Journal of School Choice. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/ja-whats-the-secret-ingredient-searching-for-policies-and-practices-that-make-charter-schools doi:10.1080/15582159.2017.1395620

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The summary characterizes the evidence for these three practices as "moderately strong," reporting a positive association with charter schools' achievement impacts. No effect sizes are printed.

"In addition, moderately strong evidence suggests that high-dosage tutoring, frequent feedback and coaching for teachers, and policies promoting the use of data to guide teachers' instructional practices are positively associated with charter schools' achievement impacts."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Time and Continuity — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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