Ewing Marion Kauffman charter school in Kansas City, founded by the Kauffman Foundation¶

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Evidence · 6 claims (6 for) · 4 studies (3 causal, 1 qualitative), q2–q3 · 0 of 4 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The Ewing Marion Kauffman School is an urban charter school in Kansas City established by the Kauffman Foundation after years of operating local education programs. The page states that "The success of these programs led Foundation leaders to consider the impact they might have on students in Kansas City if they established a charter school." A Mathematica evaluation report documents the school's founding and its first three years of academic growth and key school characteristics.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Foundation leaders considered establishing the charter school based on the success of prior Foundation education programs in Kansas City

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• children in Kansas City attending an urban charter school

Target Learning Goals¶

• academic growth in an urban charter school context

Claims¶

• The Kauffman School produced positive, statistically significant, and educationally meaningful impacts on student achievement growth in mathematics, English language arts, and science in each of its first five years, beyond the growth of students in other Kansas City public schools [+W]
• During its first seven years, the Kauffman School had substantial positive impacts on student achievement growth in mathematics, English language arts, and science beyond growth in other Kansas City public schools [+W]
• The Kauffman School produced substantial positive impacts on student achievement growth in mathematics, English language arts, and science over its first six years [+W]
• The Kauffman School has higher ACT scores than the Kansas City high school average, but its impact on ACT scores could not be calculated [+W]
• The Kauffman School's achievement impacts are higher than the average impacts found in studies of other charter schools [+W]
• The Kauffman School's hallmarks are largely being implemented faithfully [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Ewing Marion Kauffman Charter School
• Ewing Marion Kauffman School: a tuition-free charter school serving Kansas City students in grades 5-10
• Ewing Marion Kauffman Charter School Evaluation (Mathematica, 2011-2024)

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Key Sources¶

• Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Ava Madoff, Scott Richman, Matthew Johnson, Claudia Gentile. (2016). The Founding of an Urban Charter School: Three Years of Academic Growth and Key School Characteristics. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-founding-of-an-urban-charter-school-three-years-of-academic-growth-and-key-school