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Download full textNichols-Barrer, Ira; Tuttle, Christina Clark; Gill, Brian P.; Gleason, Philip – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2011
The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) is a network of charter schools designed to improve the educational opportunities available to low-income families. KIPP schools seek to boost their students' academic achievement and, ultimately, prepare them to enroll and succeed in college. This paper provides the most thorough analysis to date of the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Middle Schools, Academic Achievement, Educational Opportunities
Direct linkDavis, Nichole S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this narrative study was to explore the thoughts, perceptions, and experiences of 12 urban middle school teachers who were once urban middle school students. The study sought to discover reasons why these teachers returned to urban middle schools to teach and why they decided to stay. A qualitative methodology, using the…
Descriptors: Caring, Urban Schools, Middle Schools, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedHeilig, Julian Vasquez; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2008
This study examines longitudinal student progress and achievement on the elementary, middle, and high school levels in relation to accountability policy incentives in a large urban district in Texas. Using quantitative analyses supplemented by qualitative interviews, the authors found that high-stakes testing policies that rewarded and punished…
Descriptors: Testing, Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Achievement Tests
