Title: | Are Low-Performing Schools Adopting Practices Promoted by School Improvement Grants? |
Description: | The federal School Improvement Grants (SIG) program aims to improve student achievement by promoting the implementation of four school intervention models: transformation, turnaround, restart, and closure. Previous research provides evidence that low-performing schools adopt some practices promoted by the four models, but little is known about how schools combine these practices. This brief describes both the individual SIG-promoted improvement practices and the combinations of these practices that low-performing schools reported adopting. Key findings, based on spring 2013 survey responses from 480 school administrators in low-performing schools that were and were not implementing a SIG intervention model, include the following:
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Cover Date: | October 2014 |
Web Release: | October 28, 2014 |
Print Release: | October 28, 2014 |
Publication #: | NCEE 20154001 General Ordering Information |
Center/Program: | NCEE |
Authors: | Mariesa Herrmann, Lisa Dragoset, and Susanne James-Burdumy |
Type of Product: | Evaluation Brief |
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For questions about the content of this Evaluation Brief, please contact: Thomas Wei. |