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…‘I’m already doing that.’ The report also examines how new assessment mechanisms, including the SAT-9, affected classroom instruction. An examination of standards implementation in Philadelphia public schools as part of…
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…Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative was designed to address the gap between educators’ current instructional practice and the level of practice necessary to dramatically increase the number of students who…
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4 PERC research is produced through collaboration between researchers from Research for Action and the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Research and Evaluation. For more information, please visit phledresearch.org….
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…transit possible–especially for students with long commutes to out-of-catchment schools and commutes that involve multiple transfers. Released as the second report in Research for Action’s “Back to School” series produced…
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RFA served as an evaluator for the Free Library of Philadelphia’s intergenerational STEAM initiative, which provides creative library spaces for community members in underserved North Philadelphia neighborhoods. content-module 6683 2052…
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…significantly enhance a student’s chances of graduating and being prepared for higher education and careers. In complement to broader insights about EL diversity from PERC partner researchers, this study zeroes…
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…system or other schools. Late enrollments undercut the ability of the neighborhood high schools to prepare for incoming classes, and contribute to changes in course schedules and teacher assignments after…
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…Learning from Philadelphia’s School Reform, the authors prepared this center spread article (also included in Spanish translation), which compares the two standardized tests currently in use in Philadelphia schools. These…
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RFA’s study on the use of interim assessment data focused on low-performing urban elementary and middle schools under significant pressure to improve student achievement using student data. The study took…
