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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.
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) contracted with Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS) to deliver intensive blended-model professional development (PD) for teachers and leaders in approximately 100 struggling schools from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013. The KDS blended-model professional development included high-impact, rigorous online courses supplemented by onsite coaching. This evaluation report focuses on the courses completed through April 2013, with a primary focus on the teacher courses.
Results from a survey administered to SDP teachers about their perceptions of Pennsylvania’s new educator effectiveness system.
For the 2011-12 school year, this report evaluates the effects of ERN core curriculum on achieving PA TRACKS goals and associated objectives, and the potential effect of nutrition education on students’ snack choices in grades 3-5. This evaluation focuses on several key aspects of the program, including the 4th grade Vegetable Core; the 8th grade Choice, Control, and Change (C3) curriculum; and the sustained impact of nutrition education on students.
The United States Department of Education’s Teaching American History (TAH) grant was created to raise student achievement by improving teachers’ knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American history. TAH grants are intended to encourage collaboration among K–12 teachers, post-secondary faculty, and public historians. This evaluation focuses on 17 Saturday professional development sessions hosted in 2012-13.
An evaluation of SDP’s Education of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness program (ECYEH) in 2011-12.
his evaluation report examines the AIDS Risk Reduction through Education and Staff Training Program (ARREST), which addressed the increasing needs of Philadelphia’s culturally diverse adolescent population by providing HIV/STI (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Sexually Transmitted Infection) prevention and health education throughout the School District of Philadelphia, targeting students from kindergarten to 12th grade.
This evaluation report describes the activities and outcomes of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration’s Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program (GAMTTEP), which awarded $100,000 to The School District of Philadelphia for programming during the 2011-12 school year.
This evaluation report describes the activities and outcomes of Year 3 of the School 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21CCLC) grant-funded program, awarded to the School District of Philadelphia in March 2010 by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
This evaluation report examines the Make It and Take It: Autism Speaks workshop held in 2012.