TurnNJ¶
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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 causal),q3· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
TurnNJ is Uncommon Schools' whole-school turnaround programme, implemented in schools in Camden and Newark to extend its school-improvement model to existing schools.
Components¶
- TurnNJ whole-school turnaround project: TurnNJ is a project of Uncommon Schools, "a nonprofit charter management organization that starts and manages charter schools," intended "to continue and expand Uncommon's whole-school turnaround efforts in six schools in Camden and Newark." It was supported by a 2016 i3 grant from the U.S. Department of Education and evaluated with propensity score matching. (Alyson Burnett et al. (2021))
Claims¶
- Enrollment in a TurnNJ school produced positive, statistically significant ELA achievement gains persisting up to four years, equal to an additional 1.9 years of learning after one year [+M]
- Enrollment in a TurnNJ school produced positive, statistically significant math achievement gains persisting up to four years, equal to an additional 1.8 years of learning after one year [+M]
- The Uncommon Schools whole-school model, typically built from the earliest grades in new schools, produced substantial positive achievement effects when applied in a turnaround setting [+M]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Alyson Burnett, Moira McCullough, Breyon Williams. (2021). Impacts of Uncommon Schools in a Turnaround Setting. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/impacts-of-uncommon-schools-in-a-turnaround-setting
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TurnNJ is Uncommon Schools' whole-school turnaround programme, implemented in schools in Camden and Newark to extend its school-improvement model to existing schools. |
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