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The Efficacy and Implementation of Michigan's Partnership Model of School and District Turnaround: Mixed-Methods Evidence from the First 2 Years of Reform Implementation
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Burns, Jason; Harbatkin, Erica; Strunk, Katharine O.; Torres, Chris; Mcilwain, Aliyah; Frost Waldron, Sandy – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2023
The recent Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to identify and turn around their lowest performing schools, but it breaks somewhat from prior policies by granting states significant autonomy over how they identify and turn around these schools. This mixed-methods study, which draws on administrative, qualitative, and survey data,…
Descriptors: Models, Partnerships in Education, School Turnaround, School Districts
The Next Generation of State Reforms to Improve Their Lowest Performing Schools: An Evaluation of North Carolina's School Transformation Intervention
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Henry, Gary T.; Harbatkin, Erica – Grantee Submission, 2020
In contrast to prior federally mandated school reforms, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) allows states more discretion in reforming their lowest performing schools, removes requirements to disrupt the status quo, and does not allocate substantial additional funds. Using a regression discontinuity design, we evaluate a state turnaround…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Teacher Evaluation Reform: A Convergence of Federal and Local Forces
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Bleiberg, Joshua; Harbatkin, Erica – Educational Policy, 2020
This article employs event history analysis to explore the factors that were associated with the rapid uptake of teacher evaluation reform. We investigate three hypotheses for this rapid adoption: (a) downward diffusion from the federal government through Race to the Top (RTTT), (b) upward diffusion from large school district policies, and (c) the…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Public Policy
The Next Generation of State Reforms to Improve Their Lowest Performing Schools: An Evaluation of North Carolina's School Transformation Intervention
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Henry, Gary T.; Harbatkin, Erica – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2020
In contrast to prior federally mandated school reforms, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) allows states more discretion in reforming their lowest performing schools, removes requirements to disrupt the status quo, and does not allocate substantial additional funds. Using a regression discontinuity design, we evaluate a state turnaround…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Resource Allocation, School Turnaround, Academic Achievement