School Turnarounds: Evidence from the 2009 Stimulus. NBER Working Paper No. 17990

Autor/in	Dee, Thomas
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	School Turnarounds: Evidence from the 2009 Stimulus. NBER Working Paper No. 17990
Quelle	(2012) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Evidence; School Restructuring; Educational Change; Federal Programs; Federal Regulation; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Audits (Verification); Program Effectiveness; Achievement Gains; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Underachievement; Disadvantaged Schools; Federal Aid; Incentive Grants; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Bildungsreform; Bundeskompetenz; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Effizienzsteigerung; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Finanzieller Anreiz; Kalifornien
Abstract	The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) targeted substantial School Improvement Grants (SIGs) to the nation's "persistently lowest achieving" public schools (i.e., up to $2 million per school annually over 3 years) but required schools accepting these awards to implement a federally prescribed school-reform model. Schools that met the "lowest-achieving" and "lack of progress" thresholds within their state had prioritized eligibility for these SIG-funded interventions. Using data from California, this study leverages these two discontinuous eligibility rules to identify the effects of SIG-funded whole-school reforms. The results based on these "fuzzy" regression-discontinuity designs indicate that there were significant improvements in the test-based performance of schools on the "lowest-achieving" margin but not among schools on the "lack of progress" margin. Complementary panel-based estimates suggest that these improvements were largely concentrated among schools adopting the federal "turnaround" model, which compels more dramatic staff turnover. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10