Accountability
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the New Orleans school system is that low-performing schools have been regularly closed or taken over by the state Recovery School District (RSD). We study how these decisions are made and the influence of those decisions on students.
Measuring (and Mis-Measuring) School Performance
Friday, June 19, 2015
2:00–3:45 pm
Sheraton Hotel
Event
Holding the education accountability system accountable: An evaluation of Louisiana's K-12 test-based accountability system (Part I)
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
12:00–1:00 pm
Tulane Medical School Building
Brown Bag Series
Can Value-Added Measures Improve the Assessment of School Quality?
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
12:00–1:00 pm
Tulane Medical School Building
Brown Bag Series
Publications
A New First: From State Takeover to the Nation's First All-Charter, District-Governed School System in New Orleans
Jul 26, 2023 | by Jamie M. Carroll, Douglas Harris, Joshua Childs, Hanora Tracy, Huriya Jabbar, Julie Marsh, Molly Shields, Kait Ogden
Will the Arts Come Marching In? Access to Arts Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Sep 15, 2020 | by Sarah Woodward
Do Charter Schools Keep Their Best Teachers and Improve Quality? Retention and Rewards for Teachers in New Orleans
Mar 9, 2020 | by Nathan Barrett, Deven Carlson, Douglas N. Harris, Jane Arnold Lincove
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Past Events
How Much Does the Absence of Student Growth Measures Distort School Performance Scores and Affect Accountability?
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
12:00–1:00 pm
1555 Poydras Street, Suite 700
Brown Bag Series
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What Does All This Mean for Urban School Reform and Public Policy?
Saturday, June 20, 2015
11:30am–1:00 pm
Sheraton Hotel
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Measuring (and Mis-Measuring) School Performance
Friday, June 19, 2015
2:00–3:45 pm
Sheraton Hotel
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News
New Policy Brief Released: "What Gets Measured Gets Done: Improving Performance Measures in the Next Generation of Accountability under ESSA"
A new study from the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans at Tulane University examines how school ratings would change if states evaluated school performance differently. Read more…
May 14, 2018