Evaluating the Effectiveness of Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) project, 2008-2012¶

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Evidence · 5 claims (5 for) · 2 studies (2 associational), q1–q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The page identifies an associated project, "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Charter Management Organizations (CMOs)", with a stated time frame of 2008-2012, prepared for the Gates Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation. This project produced the report described on the page, which was published jointly by the Center on Reinventing Public Education and Mathematica Policy Research.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Funding and partnership: prepared for the Gates Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation, conducted with the Center on Reinventing Public Education

Constraints¶

• Time frame stated as 2008-2012

Target Learners¶

• Students in charter schools managed by the CMOs studied

Target Learning Goals¶

• Improving student achievement in CMO-managed schools

Claims¶

• CMOs with the greatest positive impact on student achievement were most likely to use an intense approach to monitoring and coaching teachers [+W]
• CMOs with the greatest positive impact on student achievement were most likely to establish consistent schoolwide behavior expectations for students [+W]
• Five successful CMOs used identifiable approaches intended to help improve student achievement [+W]
• Shared and well-communicated mission, vision, and goals are critical to district and CMO performance [+W]
• Teachers play a key role in determining students' success in school districts and CMOs [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Mathematica implementation study of Strategic Data Use in Education (2011–2015), prepared for the Gates Foundation
• Case studies of three high-performing districts and one high-performing CMO
• Correlational analysis linking student achievement growth to district and CMO policies and practices
• TurnNJ whole-school turnaround project
• National randomized study of charter school effectiveness (Working Paper 3, Mathematica Policy Research)
• National Study of CMO Effectiveness interim report on charter school outcomes
• National Evaluation of Charter Middle Schools

Examples¶

• Offer schools and districts guidance for replicating CMO behavior-expectations and teacher-coaching practices

Key Sources¶

• Lake, Robin; Bowen, Melissa; Demeritt, Allison; McCullough, Moira; Haimson, Joshua; Gill, Brian. (2012). Learning from Charter School Management Organizations: Strategies for Student Behavior and Teacher Coaching. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Bothell, The Center on Reinventing Public Education and Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/learning-from-charter-school-management-organizations-strategies-for-student-behavior-and-teacher-coaching