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Evaluation of the regional choice initiative / Andrea Phillips, Kun Yuan, Shannah Tharp-Gilliam ; sponsored by the Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit.
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Phillips, Andrea (Andrea R.)
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English
Published/Created
Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016]
©2016
Description
xiv, 97 pages : illustrations, tables ; 28 cm.
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LB2822.83.P42 P45 2016
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School improvement programs
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Pennsylvania
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Beaver County
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School choice
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Pennsylvania
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Beaver County
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Rand Education (Institute)
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Author
Yuan, Kun
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Tharp-Gilliam, Shannah
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Series
Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1386-BVIU.
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Research report ; RR-1386-BVIU
Summary note
School districts in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, have been working to improve student achievement by increasing students' exposure to more rigorous courses. In 2007, the Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit (BVIU), a regional educational-service agency, received funding for a five-year grant under the U.S. Department of Education's Voluntary Public School Choice program. The BVIU responded by developing, implementing, and evaluating the Regional Choice Initiative (RCI), a large-scale initiative designed and implemented in 17 school districts. The RCI sought to expand school choice--as well as provide opportunities for students in low-performing districts to learn in high-performing environments--for students in grades 7-12 by offering four programs: Open Seats, Dual Enrollment, Cyber Learning, and Academies for Success. The program ran for six years--2007-2008 to 2012-2013. The BVIU commissioned RAND to conduct a formative and a summative evaluation of these programs. The RAND team took a mixed-methods, quasi-experimental approach to evaluate the implementation and impact of the RCI initiative. Authors reviewed program documents, interviewed a number of stakeholders throughout the region, surveyed parents, and analyzed student RCI participation and administrative data. The RAND team also worked with the RCI team and partnering superintendents to develop the RCI logic model and set up performance measures for each RCI program to guide the implementation and evaluation of the RCI. RAND evaluated the performance of individual programs and RCI overall. The authors also identified aspects of implementation that facilitated or hindered the performance of the RCI.
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"RAND Education"
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-97).
Contents
Introduction
Regional Choice Initiative (RCI)
Methods, data, and analysis
Overview of RCI participation
Performance of Open Seats
Performance of Dual Enrollment
Performance of Cyber Learning
Performance of Academies for Success
Overall performance of the RCI
Relationship of participation in the RCI to student outcomes
Key findings and recommendations
Appendix: Student outcome analysis methods and results.
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ISBN
0833092553
9780833092557
Tech. report no.
RAND/RR-1386-BVIU
LCCN
2015960622
OCLC
933585863
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