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Ferrare, Joseph J.; Waddington, R. Joseph; Fitzpatrick, Brian R.; Berends, Mark – American Educational Research Journal, 2023
We estimate the longitudinal effects of charter schools authorized by different authorizing bodies on student achievement by using student-level data from Indiana. The results of our analysis point to substantial variation, especially between the state's two largest authorizers: Ball State University and the Indianapolis Mayor's Office. Some of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Academic Achievement, School Administration
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Galey-Horn, Sarah; Reckhow, Sarah; Ferrare, Joseph J.; Jasny, Lorien – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
We show how policy makers converged to support similar reforms on a major educational issue: teacher effectiveness. Our study demonstrates the importance of idea brokers--actors that facilitate connections between preferences in policy networks and promote consensus around new policy ideas. Our study is based on analysis of testimony from 200…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Public Policy, Policy Formation, Facilitators (Individuals)