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17 Nov 2014
Report

A Closer Look at the Student Achievement Trends in the District of Columbia between 2006-07 and 2012-13

Umut Ozek

The Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007 in the District of Columbia shifted control of the city’s schools from an elected board to the mayor, created a new state department of education, established the new position of chancellor, and changed other management structures and strategies. This report presents a closer look at the student achievement trends in the District between 2006-07 and 2012-13.

Key Findings

  • Overall, math scores in the District have improved. The improvements in reading scores during this time frame, however, were primarily limited to the first year after the PERAA implementation. While almost all student subgroups have experienced test score gains in math, these improvements were higher among the more affluent black and Hispanic students.
  • Second, we find that these observed trends in math scores persist even after controlling for the cross-cohort differences in observed student characteristics. In particular, the estimates indicate that less than ten percent of the year-to-year improvements in test scores can be attributed to the changing student composition in the District over this time frame.
  • Finally, we show that existing students have also experienced gains in math even though the students who are new to the District’s public school system score at higher levels on standardized tests when compared to existing students.
PDF icon A Closer Look at the Student Achievement Trends in the District of Columbia between 2006-07 and 2012-13

Further Reading

  • Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment, High School Completions and Staff From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005-06
  • Title I Implementation: Update on Recent Evaluation Findings
  • Study Finds “Clustering” Teach For America Instructors Contributed to Math Gains in Miami Schools, but No Spillover Effect on Other Teachers
  • Tracking Teacher Effectiveness Gaps Between Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools
  • Examining Spillover Effects from Teach for America Corps Members in Miami-Dade County Public Schools
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Longitudinal Education Studies

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