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Reaching for Improvement: Teacher Evaluation and Its Role in Instructional Improvement. Research Report
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Shyjka, Andria – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2022
Despite the considerable resources dedicated to teacher evaluation reform, there is currently little evidence on the mechanisms by which evaluation translates into improvements in teachers' instructional practice. To address this need, this study was a two-pronged approach to examine the use of evaluation data for improvement within the Chicago…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Public School Teachers, Program Implementation
Teacher Evaluation in CPS: Perceptions of REACH Implementation, Five Years In. Research Brief
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Sartain, Lauren; Zou, Andrew; Gutiérrez, Vanessa; Shyjka, Andria; Hinton, Ebony; Brown, Eric R.; Easton, John Q. – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2020
Responding to an Illinois law that took effect in 2010, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA), Chicago Public Schools (CPS) created and implemented the REACH (Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago's Students) educator evaluation and support system. REACH was piloted in 2012-13. It is still being implemented as of the 2019-20 school year…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Attitudes
Stocks in the Future: An Examination of Participant Outcomes in 2014-15
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Durham, Rachel E. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2016
This report features research on Stocks in the Future (SIF), a financial literacy program for middle-grades students. The goals of SIF are to serve underrepresented, socioeconomically disadvantaged students in schools where more than 50% are eligible for free/reduced-price meals, achieve stronger student attendance and greater attachment to…
Descriptors: Money Management, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Middle School Students
The Baltimore City Schools Middle School STEM Summer Program with VEX Robotics
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2015
In 2011 Baltimore City Schools submitted a successful proposal for an Investing in Innovations (i3) grant to offer a three year (2012-2014) summer program designed to expose rising sixth through eighth grade students to VEX robotics. The i3-funded Middle School Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Summer Learning Program was…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Summer Programs, Grade 6, Grade 7
Teens, Digital Media, and the Chicago Public Library. Research Report
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Sebring, Penny Bender; Brown, Eric R.; Julian, Kate M.; Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Sporte, Susan E.; Bradley, Erin; Meyer, Lisa – University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2013
Opened in fall 2009, YOUmedia attracts high schoolaged teens who want a safe and welcoming place to hang out and socialize, as well as those with established or nascent interests in both digital and traditional media. With the guidance of staff and the synergy of peer involvement, participants discover and pursue their interests through both…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Adolescents, Public Libraries, Electronic Publishing
Youth Courts and Their Educational Value: An Examination of Youth Courts in Chester, Pennsylvania
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Norton, Michael H.; Gold, Eva; Peralta, Renata – Research For Action, 2013
The Stoneleigh Foundation of Philadelphia has historically focused its strategic investments on improving outcomes for youth involved or at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Stoneleigh began its support for youth courts by providing a fellowship award from 2009 to 2011 to public interest lawyer Gregory Volz to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Surveys, Models, Law Enforcement