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Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time : Operations and Achievement in Edison Schools.
Reports an evaluation of Edison Schools, the nation's largest for-profit manager of public schools. RAND analyzed Edison's school improvement strategies the implementation of those strategies, and effects on student achievement.
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Santa Monica :
RAND Corporation,
2005.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time : |b Operations and Achievement in Edison Schools. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Preface; Dedication; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One -- Introduction; Purpose of This Study; Data and Methods; Limitations of This Study; How This Monograph Is Organized; Chapter Two -- A Brief History of Edison Schools and a Review of Existing Literature; Emergence of Private Educational ManagementOrganizations; History of Edison Schools; Number and Types of Schools; Chapter Three -- Inspiration: Edison's Strategies for "World-Class" Education; Resources; Edison Strategy Summary; Chapter Four -- Perspiration: The Edison Model in the School; Methods. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Accountability SystemsResources; Conclusion; Chapter Five -- Methodology for Examining Academic Achievement in Edison Schools; Defining the Research Questions; Estimating the Counterfactual; Methodology; Exclusions; Interpreting Z-Score Changes; Limitations of Our Analyses; Chapter Six -- Time: Effects of Edison Management on Academic Achievement; Recent Achievement Trends in Edison Schools; Academic Achievement in Edison Schools from Y1; Academic Achievement in Edison Schools from Y0; Summary: The Importance of Time. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter Seven -- Inside the Black Box: Differences in Achievement Among Edison SchoolsHow Has Achievement in Edison Schools Changed inRecent Years, Relative to Similar Schools?; Year-One Analysis for Older and Newer Edison Schools; Trends in First-Year Results for Edison ConversionSchools; Achievement Trends for Charter Versus Contract Schools; Achievement Trends for Elementary Versus SecondarySchools; Achievement Trends in Case Study Schools; Summary; Chapter Eight -- Conclusions and Implications; Summary of Findings; Recommendations; Conclusion. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Appendix A -- Causal Inference in the Analysis of Academic Achievement in Edison SchoolsReferences. | |
| 520 | |a Reports an evaluation of Edison Schools, the nation's largest for-profit manager of public schools. RAND analyzed Edison's school improvement strategies the implementation of those strategies, and effects on student achievement. | ||
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