In this report, we document our approach to estimating a value-added model of teacher effectiveness in the District of Columbia Public Schools and eligible DC charter schools participating in Race to the Top during the 2013–2014 school year.

This study explores the disparity in access to effective teachers in 29 school districts across the country, revealing that disadvantaged students receive poorer-quality instruction, on average, compared with other students. Mathematica conducted the studies for the Institute of Education Sciences.

This report presents the methods used to identify effective schools and teachers for a consortium of over 140 charter schools in 17 states and the District of Columbia during the second year of the project.

This report updates the approach to estimating value-added models of teacher effectiveness in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and eligible DC charter schools participating in Race to the Top during the 2012–2013 school year.

This study explores the disparity in access to effective teachers in 29 school districts across the country, revealing that disadvantaged students receive poorer-quality instruction, on average, compared with other students. Mathematica conducted the studies for the Institute of Education Sciences.

This report presents the methods used to identify effective schools in the Memphis City Schools during the second year of the project.

New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit organization committed to training school principals, is heading an initiative that offers financial awards to effective educators. This report details the value-added model Mathematica developed to identify effective schools in the Memphis City school...