1. Evaluation Strand: Effective Teachers and Leaders
[See
Description]
A. Teacher and Leader Evaluation
| Comparing Value Added Models for Estimating Teacher Effectiveness: Technical Briefing |
Released: February 2012 |
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| Comparing Value-Added Models for Estimating Individual Teacher Effects on a Statewide Basis: Simulation and Empirical Analyses | |||
| Measures of Student Growth in the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System: Formative Evaluation Report |
Released: September 2013 |
Full Report | Executive Summary |
| An Evaluation of the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System and the Student Achievement Growth Standard: 2010-11 through 2013-14 |
Released: September 2015 |
Full Report | |
| Teacher and Principal Perceptions of the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System: Final Evaluation Report |
Released: September 2015 |
Executive Summary | |
| An Evaluation of the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System for School Administrators: 2010-11 through 2013-14 |
Released: February 2016 |
Full Report |
B. Incentives
| Teacher Performance Incentives in North Carolina |
Released: September 2013 |
Full Report | Executive Summary |
| Race to the Top Performance Incentives in North Carolina: A Summative Report |
2. Evaluation Strand: Supply and Distribution of Teachers
and Leaders [See
Description]
A. Teacher Quality Distribution
| The Distribution of Effective Teachers in North Carolina |
Released: December 2013 |
Full Report |
| The Distribution of Teachers in North Carolina, 2009-2013: Research Brief |
Released: August 2015 |
Full Report |
B. Regional Leadership Academies
| Regional Leadership Academies: Cost-Effectiveness Framework | ||
| North Carolina Regional Leadership Academies: Final 2012 Activity Report |
Released: March 2012 |
Full Report |
| North Carolina Regional Leadership Academies: Final 2013 Activity Report | ||
| North Carolina Regional Leadership Academies: Final Summative Activity Report |
Released: August 2014 |
Full Report |
C. Strategic Staffing
| Local Strategic Staffing in North Carolina: A Review of Plans and Early Implementation |
Released: September 2012 |
Full Report |
| State Strategic Staffing: Recruitment Incentive for Lowest-Performing Schools – Race to the Top Formative Evaluation Report | ||
| Strategic Staffing in North Carolina: A Summative Review of Local and State Implementation across the Race to the Top Period |
D. North Carolina Teacher Corps
| North Carolina Teacher Corps Start-Up and Teach for America Expansion: Initial Findings on Recruitment, Training, and Placement |
Released: October 2012 |
Full Report | |
| North Carolina Teacher Corps: Year One Implementation Report | |||
| North Carolina Teacher Corps Final Report: Impact, qualitative assessment, and policy recommendations |
Released: October 2014 |
Full Report | Executive Summary |
E. New Teacher Support Program
| North Carolina New Teacher Support Program (NC NTSP): First Annual Race to the Top Evaluation Report | ||
| North Carolina New Teacher Support Program: Interim Evaluation Report |
Released: March 2014 |
Executive Summary |
| Initial Results from the Race to the Top Evaluation of the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program: A Policy Brief | ||
| North Carolina New Teacher Support Program: Final Race to the Top Evaluation Report |
Released: August 2015 |
Executive Summary |
F. NC Virtual Public School Blended STEM Courses
| North Carolina Virtual Public School Blended Learning STEM Courses: A Formative Assessment of Initial Implementation, Part I |
Released: April 2013 |
Full Report | Executive Summary |
| North Carolina Virtual Public School Blended Learning STEM Courses: Participant Experiences from the First Year of Implementation (First-Year Formative Assessment, Part II) | |||
| North Carolina Virtual Public School Blended Learning STEM Courses: Final Report: Impact, Qualitative Assessment, and Policy Recommendations |
Released: August 2014 |
Full Report | Executive Summary |
Evaluation Strand: Professional Development [See Description]
| Prospects for Using Digital Recording Systems for Evaluation: An Overview | NA | ||
| 1. Annual Report: Year 1 | |||
| 1A. Building LEA and Regional Professional Development Capacity: First Annual Evaluation Report | |||
| 1B. Distinguished Leadership in Practice (DLP): First Annual RttT Evaluation Report | |||
| 1C. Race to the Top Online Professional Development Evaluation: Year 1 Report |
Released: November 2012 |
Full Report | |
| 2. Annual Report: Year 2 | |||
| 2A. Second Annual Race to the Top Evaluation Report Part
I—Statewide Face-to-Face Professional Development Formative
Evaluation |
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| 2B. Second Annual Race to the Top Evaluation Report Part
II—Local Outcomes Baseline Study |
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| 3. Annual Report: Year 3 | |||
| 3A. Distinguished Leadership in Practice (DLP): Second Annual
Evaluation Report |
Released: November 2013 |
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| 3B. Third Annual Race to the Top Professional Development
Report |
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| 4. Final Report: Impact | |||
| 4A. Distinguished Leadership in Practice (DLP): Third Annual
RttT Evaluation Report - A Final Summary |
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| 4B. North Carolina’s Future-Ready Leadership Program: An
Overview of Current Data |
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| 4C. Fourth Annual Race to the Top Professional Development
Evaluation Report |
Evaluation Strand: District and School
Transformation [See
Description]
A. Turning Around Lowest-Achieving Schools
| 1. Turning Around North Carolina’s Lowest Achieving Schools (2006-2010) |
Released: September 2011 |
Full Report |
| 2. Productive Connections: Interventions in Low Performing Districts by the NCDPI District and School Transformation Division in 2011-12 |
Released: April, 2013 |
Full Report |
| 2a. Turning around North Carolina’s Lowest-Achieving Schools: Initial Findings on the School Leader Professional Development Series | ||
| 3. Evaluation of District and School Transformation School-Level Coaching and Professional Development Activities | ||
| 4. Outcomes and Impacts of North Carolina’s Initiative to Turn Around the Lowest-Achieving Schools |
Released: September 2015 |
Executive Summary |
B. STEM Anchor and Affinity Schools
| North Carolina’s STEM High Schools: An Overview of Current Data |
Released: December 2011 |
Full Report |
| STEM Affinity Networks: Year 1 Report |
Released: April 2012 |
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| STEM Affinity Network: Year 2 Report | ||
| STEM Affinity Network: Year 3 Report |
Released: December 2013 |
Full Report |
| STEM Affinity Network: Final Report |
Evaluation Strand: Local Spending [See
Description]
| Local Education Agency Race to the Top Expenditures: An Initial Analysis |
| Local Education Agency Race to the Top Expenditures: An Analysis of Fund Use and Expenditure Patterns |
| Local Education Agency Race to the Top Expenditures: Final Analysis of Expenditure Patterns and Related Outcomes |
Evaluation Strand: Overall Evaluation [See Description]
| 1. Summary: Formative Assessments of Promising Practices, 2010-2012 | ||
| 2. North Carolina’s Race to the Top Initiative: An Evaluation Update | ||
| 3. A Preliminary Cost Analysis of North Carolina’s Race to the Top Initiatives | ||
| 4. North Carolina Race to the Top: Overall Impact and Implementation Findings: Final Report |
Released: September 2015 |
Full Report |