Effects of a Data-Driven District Reform Model on State Assessment Outcomes

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 371-396

  Slavin, Robert E ^a   Cheung, Alan ^a,b   Holmes, GwenCarol ^c   Madden, Nancy A ^d   Chamberlain, Anne ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Alexandria Public Schools   (United States)

^d Success for All Foundation   (United States)

^e Elysia Group   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster randomized experiments; data driven instruction; district level reform models; formative assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875344533     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831212466909     Document Type: Article

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