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Title

Transforming an urban school system : progress of New Haven School Change and New Haven Promise education reforms (2010-2013) / Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Robert Bozick, Lindsay Daugherty, Ethan Scherer, Reema Singh, Mónica Jacobo Suárez, Sarah Ryan.

Author

Gonzalez, Gabriella

Publication

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2014]
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

• Bozick, Robert
• Daugherty, Lindsay
• Scherer, Ethan
• Singh, Reema
• Jacobo Suárez, Mónica
• Ryan, Sarah, 1966-
• Rand Education (Institute) issuing body.
• New Haven Promise (Program), sponsoring body.

Description

xxv, 144 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Summary

In 2009, the City of New Haven and New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) announced a sweeping K{u2013}12 educational reform, New Haven School Change. The district had three primary goals for School Change: (1) close the gap between the performance of NHPS students{u2019} and Connecticut students{u2019} averages on state tests, (2) cut the high school dropout rate in half, and (3) ensure that every graduating student has the academic ability and the financial resources to attend and succeed in college. Concurrent with School Change, the City of New Haven partnered with the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, NHPS, and Yale University in 2010 to create New Haven Promise, a scholarship program that aims to improve the college-going culture in the city and postsecondary enrollment and graduation rates of NHPS graduates as a way to enhance the economic development of the city, attract more residents to New Haven, reduce crime and incarceration, and improve residents{u2019} quality of life. The 2010{u2013}2011 school year marked the first year of a staged implementation for both efforts. In June 2013, the New Haven Promise Board of Directors asked the RAND Corporation to conduct a study to document and describe baseline conditions and early progress of these programs. Researchers worked with state and district data and conducted interviews with Promise Scholars and parents to document early trends and possible areas for improvement. This report and its companion volume document the resulting study.

Alternative Title

• Progress of New Haven School Change and New Haven Promise education reforms (2010-2013)
• New Haven School Change and New Haven Promise education reforms (2010-2013)

Subject

• New Haven Promise (Program)
• New Haven School Change (Program)
• Education > New Haven
• Public schools > New Haven
• Educational change > New Haven
• Academic achievement > New Haven
• Scholarships > New Haven

Note

• "RAND education."
• "RR-777-CFGNH."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Background -- Student, Parent, and Teacher Perceptions of School Climate -- Eliminating the Achievement Gap: Analysis of State Student Assessment Results -- Cutting the Dropout Rate: Analysis of NHPS District High School Dropout Rates -- Ensuring That Students Attend and Succeed in College: Analysis of Trends in College Enrollment, Promise Eligibility, and Students{u2019} Perspectives on College Readiness -- Conclusions and Recommended Next Steps.

ISBN

• 9780833087386
• 083308738X

OCLC

• 895731534
• SCSB-10338765

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library