NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Can Four Equal Five? Assessing the Four-Day School Week. Research Brief. RB-A373-1
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Phillips, Andrea; Gomez, Celia J.; Mariano, Louis T.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Troxel, Wendy M.; Morton, Emily; Estes, Kevin – RAND Corporation, 2021
A four-day school week (4dsw) is becoming more common, especially in areas across the western United States. States with large rural areas are spearheading this change. For example, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota have more than 500 districts using a 4dsw. The transition to the 4dsw and the debate over…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Rural Schools
Growing Teachers from Within: Implementation, Impact, and Cost of an Alternative Teacher Preparation Program in Three Urban School Districts. Research Report. RR-A256-1
Direct linkDirect link
Kaufman, Julia H.; Master, Benjamin K.; Huguet, Alice; Yoo, Paul Youngmin; Faxon-Mills, Susannah; Schulker, David; Grimm, Geoffrey E. – RAND Corporation, 2020
TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project), an organization committed to ending educational inequities by promoting the recruitment, training, and retention of high-quality teachers and school leaders, implemented its Teacher Effectiveness and Certification (TEACh) initiative in three urban school districts. Through TEACh, TNTP works with school…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Teacher Effectiveness, Alternative Teacher Certification
Does Four Equal Five? Implementation and Outcomes of the Four-Day School Week. RR-A373-1
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Phillips, Andrea; Gomez, Celia J.; Mariano, Louis T.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Troxel, Wendy M.; Morton, Emily; Estes, Kevin – RAND Corporation, 2021
The four-day school week (4dsw) is growing in popularity, especially in rural areas across the western United States. RAND Corporation researchers addressed knowledge gaps about the 4dsw by conducting a large-scale study of the implementation and outcomes of the 4dsw that involved the collection of original data in numerous districts across Idaho,…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Rural Schools