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Direct linkRobert Shand; Stephen M. Leach; Fiona M. Hollands; Florence Chang; Yilin Pan; Bo Yan; Dena Dossett; Samreen Nayyer-Qureshi; Yixin Wang; Laura Head – Grantee Submission, 2022
We assessed whether an adaptation of value-added analysis (VAA) can provide evidence on the relative effectiveness of interventions implemented in a large school district. We analyzed two datasets, one documenting interventions received by underperforming students, and one documenting interventions received by students in schools benefiting from…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Data Analysis, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
F. M. Hollands; R. Shand; B. Yan; S. M. Leach; D. Dossett; F. Chang; Y. Pan – Grantee Submission, 2022
School and district leaders make annual decisions about investing their budgets in a multitude of educational programs. Policy directives set expectations for investing in programs that show evidence of improving student outcomes. However, evaluating many simultaneously-implemented programs under typical school operating conditions is challenging.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, School Funds, Budgets
Stephen M. Leach; Fiona M. Hollands; Eva Stone; Robert Shand; Laura Head; Yixin Wang; Bo Yan; Dena Dossett; Florence Chang; Yuan Chang Ginsberg; Yilin Pan – Grantee Submission, 2022
Despite increasing reliance on licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to provide health services in schools, we do not know whether this is a cost-effective prevention strategy against student absenteeism. Therefore, we evaluated the costs and effectiveness of an LPN-based school nursing program for improving attendance and chronic absenteeism at a…
Descriptors: School Health Services, School Nurses, Cost Effectiveness, Attendance
Leach, Stephen M.; Yan, Bo – Grantee Submission, 2021
The evidence-based decision-making emphasis in education has largely focused on the adoption of new practices for which evidence of effectiveness exists. Following adoption, however, the focus shifts to improvement and the appropriate evidence needed to support budget decisions must be local, timely, and relevant. Existing evidence used to support…
Descriptors: Budgets, Decision Making, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Fiona M. Hollands; Stephen M. Leach; Robert Shand; Laura Head; Yixin Wang; Dena Dossett; Florence Chang; Bo Yan; Minetre Martin; Yilin Pan; Saundra Hensel – Grantee Submission, 2022
School disciplinary practices affect student academic and life outcomes. Many schools have recently shifted towards the prevention of behavioral disorders rather than the punishment of such disorders, but disciplinary actions are still disproportionately meted out to Black students. We took advantage of a natural experiment in a large school…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, School Districts, Prevention, Behavior Problems
Stephen M. Leach; Fiona M. Hollands; Eva Stone; Robert Shand; Laura Head; Yixin Wang; Bo Yan; Dena Dossett; Florence Chang; Yuan Chang Ginsberg; Yilin Pan – Prevention Science, 2023
Despite increasing reliance on licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to provide health services in schools, we do not know whether this is a cost-effective prevention strategy against student absenteeism. Therefore, we evaluated the costs and effectiveness of an LPN-based school nursing program for improving attendance and chronic absenteeism at a…
Descriptors: School Health Services, School Nurses, Cost Effectiveness, Attendance
Robert Shand; Stephen M. Leach; Fiona M. Hollands; Florence Chang; Yilin Pan; Bo Yan; Dena Dossett; Samreen Nayyer-Qureshi; Yixin Wang; Laura Head – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
We assessed whether an adaptation of value-added analysis (VAA) can provide evidence on the relative effectiveness of interventions implemented in a large school district. We analyzed two datasets, one documenting interventions received by underperforming students, and one documenting interventions received by students in schools benefiting from…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Data Analysis, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
