Use the report's three themes to guide district and CMO decision-making about driving student achievement¶

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Description¶

The report offers its three themes — teachers' key role, school leaders as instructional leaders, and shared and well-communicated mission, vision, and goals — as a guide for leaders. It states that the themes are ones "district and CMO leaders can use to guide their decision-making about how to drive improvements in student achievement." Leaders facing many potential supports can use these themes to prioritize practices and policies.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• District or CMO leaders with authority over supports, policies, and practices within their school networks

Constraints¶

• Themes emerged from a literature review, correlational analysis, and a small set of high-performing case study organizations

Target Learners¶

• School district and charter management organization leaders

Target Learning Goals¶

• Selecting levers to most effectively improve student achievement

Claims¶

• A mission that prioritizes boosting student achievement is associated with positive charter-school impacts [+W]

Related Strategies¶

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

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Kevin Kelly, Veronica Severn, Ramya Tallapragada, Matthew Johnson. (2020). Critical Drivers of Performance Among School Districts and Charter Management Organizations. Washington, DC: Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/critical-drivers-of-performance-among-school-districts-and-charter-management-organizations