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This research brief explores changes in student mobility before and after school turnaround efforts in the District’s Promise Academies and Renaissance Charter Schools. Specifically, it looks at within-year student retention and mobility rates one year prior to turnaround and one year into turnaround for Promise Academies and Renaissance Charter Schools.
An RTTT evaluation consisting of two major components: an implementation study (formative) and an impact evaluation (summative). Data sources include program documents, observations, focus groups, and feedback surveys. This evaluation report focuses on implementation during Year 1.
This report focuses on the School District of Philadelphia’s Renaissance Initiative, the District’s school turnaround model. The Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) analyzed changes in school-level outcomes in the first three years of the District’s Renaissance Initiative, from 2010-11 through 2012-13, by Renaissance Initiative type, school, and provider. Utilizing outcomes, including changes in enrollment, retention, school climate, and reading and math proficiency, ORE measured changes evident after the first turnaround year and subsequent years. In addition, changes at Promise Academies were compared to those at charter schools and across charter providers over the same years.
A summary of findings and recommendations focused on strategies to improve student learning and performance during a new phase of management and fiscal retrenchment beginning in 2012-13.
This evaluation report focuses on the School District of Philadelphia’s Renaissance Initiative, a District school turnaround model.