National Study of CMO Effectiveness interim report on charter school outcomes¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

An interim research report produced within the multi-year Evaluating the Effectiveness of Charter Management Organizations project (time frame 2008-2012), authored by Robin Lake, Brianna Dusseault, Melissa Bowen, Allison Demeritt, and Paul Hill. It is described as an "Interim report on charter school outcomes, such as test scores and measures of charter school benefit." It was jointly published by the Center on Reinventing Public Education (University of Washington Bothell) and Mathematica Policy Research.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Prepared for The Gates Foundation and The Walton Family Foundation as part of the associated 2008-2012 CMO evaluation project

Constraints¶

• Findings are interim; the study's time frame extends to 2012, so conclusions are not final

Target Learners¶

• students enrolled in charter schools managed by charter management organizations

Target Learning Goals¶

• student achievement as measured by test scores
• measures of charter school benefit

Claims¶

• Five successful CMOs used identifiable approaches intended to help improve student achievement [+W]
• CMOs with the greatest positive impact on student achievement were most likely to establish consistent schoolwide behavior expectations for students [+W]
• CMOs with the greatest positive impact on student achievement were most likely to use an intense approach to monitoring and coaching teachers [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) project, 2008-2012
• Correlational analysis linking student achievement growth to district and CMO policies and practices

Examples¶

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

Key Sources¶

• Lake, R., Dusseault, B., Bowen, M., Demeritt, A., & Hill, P. (2010). The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness: Report on Interim Findings. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Bothell, The Center on Reinventing Public Education and Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-national-study-of-charter-management-organization-cmo-effectiveness-report-on-interim-findings