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Durham, Rachel E. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2018
This report provides a qualitative account of the implementation of two college access support models in Baltimore City Schools. The initiative, launched in 2016-17, was developed by the College Bound Foundation and featured a 'roving' college access professional (CAP) that served students in three different high schools, as well as another CAP…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Models, Social Capital, Student Financial Aid
Black, Kristin – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2016
Funders, policymakers, and program leaders recognize the value of high-quality evidence. To make good use of a program evaluation, initiatives must contend with a set of fundamental questions first. Some of these are about the initiative itself: What outcomes does it seek to affect? Are daily activities in line with long-term goals? Others are…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Colleges
Villavincencio, Adriana; Klevan, Sarah; Kang, David – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2015
These appendices describe the matching process used to identify an appropriate set of comparison schools for use in the report evaluating Year 2 of the Expanded Success Initiative, "Changing How High Schools Serve Black and Latino Young Men." As described in Chapter 2 of the report, selecting schools similar to ESI schools to serve as a…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Colleges
Klevan, Sarah; Villavicencio, Adriana – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2016
Researchers and practitioners increasingly recognize that a positive school culture not only enhances students' day-to-day experiences, but also plays a role in raising student achievement. Yet many schools struggle to create a welcoming and supportive schoolwide culture. Indeed, there is evidence that students of color in particular--and perhaps…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Change, School Culture, Student Experience
Klevan, Sarah; Villavicencio, Adriana – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2016
Researchers and practitioners increasingly recognize that a positive school culture not only enhances students' day-to-day experiences, but also plays a role in raising student achievement. Yet many schools struggle to create a welcoming and supportive schoolwide culture. Indeed, there is evidence that students of color in particular--and perhaps…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Change, School Culture, Student Experience
Sheldon, Steven B.; Davis, Marcia H. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2015
This report focuses on the opening of new school libraries and their impact on schools, teachers and students after two years of implementation of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project (Library Project). The findings build on the first report of this project and show that it is not just new facilities, but also the added…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Program Implementation