检查非公立学校和ESSA项目参与

Are nonpublic schools making the best use of Title I funds to guarantee low-income students equitable services so that they are career- or college-ready? And what obstacles might exist preventing teachers from taking advantage of 第二章 professional development opportunities? These are some of the questions 趣赢平台 answers through its evaluations of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) grant programs, 由霍莉·波兹曼领导, 地中海, 趣赢平台首席研究员.

勃兹曼, with her extensive experience evaluating these programs in nonpublic schools in the District of Columbia and more recently in New York City, explains how these studies assist local education agencies (LEAs) in facilitating Title I/II services at these schools.

Q. What kind of information, beyond student academic achievements, do these studies provide?

A. The evaluations show the effectiveness and outcomes of the federal program and the LEAs’ approaches to implementing the Title IA program in nonpublic schools. They answer questions concerning the perceptions of and satisfaction with the program by students, 父母, 和老师, 并详细说明这种努力对学生的长期影响. The studies also examine if the 第二章A funds designated for professional development are helping teachers stay involved and satisfied with their work, 如果他们参与这些机会有障碍. The evaluations also provide insights regarding student behavioral outcomes and identify the factors that contribute to the alignment of goals with federal and district standards.

Q. 为什么这些研究很重要?

A. The ESSA requires that LEAs provide equitable services to eligible nonpublic school students, 他们的家庭, 和教育工作者. 第二章, A部分服务也有类似的要求, 有资格获得联邦资助的非公立学校学生也应该得到资助, 应该为他们的学校提供支持，以促进这些服务. 一些LEAs需要帮助来监控这个过程和最终结果.

Q. 为什么这些学校需要外部分析支持来进行这些研究?

A. 当他们有充足的数据时, some LEAs simply don’t have the time or capacity to 分析 their data in a more concise and usable way and are seeking a strong partner to help them clean, 组织, 分析, 并使他们现有的数据源有意义, 除了找到新的方法来深入了解他们的编程. 然而，我不会说这些LEAs只是在寻求分析支持. They are also looking for a trusting relationship with an organization that can help them use data to support their efforts to create positive outcomes for their students.

Q. 在执行这些研究时，趣赢平台如何努力成为LEAs值得信赖的合作伙伴?

A.  我们与大小不一的地区合作过.  Although the context and cultures are unique to each district, some of the challenges are the same. 例如, 有许多关键人物参与其中, 例如LEA管理员, 非公立学校管理人员和教师, 这两种类型的地区都雇佣供应商提供IA和IA标题服务. The number of vendors depends on the size of the LEA and the service model they’ve developed. It can take some time for 趣赢平台 to establish itself as a partner with all these key players. But this partnership is important because it governs the quality of the data accessible to us.

Q. 趣赢平台为这些评估带来了什么能力?

A. 趣赢平台 has a deep bench of technical and content expertise to support the unique missions and characteristics of the nonpublic school population. 作为第三方评估者, we bring a distinctively objective lens and lessons learned from various school districts with whom we have partnered. 但最重要的是，我们带着自己. 许多类似的组织都有做这项工作的技能, but I truly believe that my team and colleagues who have helped execute these evaluations make all the difference. 该团队与这些LEAs建立了真正的信任关系, 我们多年来持续的合作证明了这一点.

Q. How does 趣赢平台 visually show the desired outputs and outcomes associated with program or policy theory of change?

A. 我们使用逻辑模型来说明输入的组合如何, 策略和活动, and contextual factors such as parental involvement and home access to the internet can influence the extent to which desired outcomes are attained—as well as the range of data needed to assess progress toward those outcomes.

Q. 通过这些评估，你看到了什么样的结果?

A. 虽然我们不能把所有的增长归功于任何一个项目, there has been consistent student growth in both reading and math at DC nonpublic schools over the past 5 years. 在纽约市，我们也看到了类似的学生在这些科目上的增长.

Q. 在这个问题上，你对LEAs有什么建议?

A. Many LEAs recognize the similarities and overlaps in these federal programs—and I’m talking specifically about Titles IA, 花絮, iii a, and IVA—so it’s important for them to find ways to map these overlaps to build in efficiencies for implementation, 监控, 和评估. 一个全面的, 灵活的, and modern database system can help with both the internal and external efforts to monitor and evaluate these 4 programs. And a well-structured theory of action and logic model that is revised annually can ensure that they are collecting enough data and the right data to guide decisions.