A tri-state pilot study of instructionally effective school districts

Abstract

This symposium features research reports on, and interactive discussion of, results from tri-state pilot study of how unusually effective local school districts improve and equalize student outcomes in the contexts of federal and state accountability systems. The study, funded by the Hewlett Foundation, was designed to broaden the evidence base and to advance theory about district instructional effectiveness through in-depth study of a single pilot district in each of three states: Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas