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Cecily A. Mitchell

Recent Publications by Cecily A. Mitchell

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Making the Most of Interim Assessment Data: Lessons from Philadelphia – Executive Summary

This is the executive summary of RFA’s report, Making the Most of Interim Assessment Data: Lessons from Philadelphia.  Under No Child Left Behind, urban school districts have increasingly turned to interim assessments, administered at regular…

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Parent Involvement in Public Education: A Literature Review

The involvement of parents and other caregivers in schools is increasingly viewed as not only a complement to the work of educators, but a as critical and essential support for the academic, psychological, and emotional…

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Making the Most of Interim Assessment Data: Lessons from Philadelphia

Under No Child Left Behind, urban school districts have increasingly turned to interim assessments, administered at regular intervals, to help gauge student progress in advance of annual state exams. These assessments have spawned growing debate…

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Challenges to Freshman Year Interventions in Philadelphia

Philadelphia made early investments in reforms designed to address the challenges of large neighborhood high schools, including supports for the critical ninth grade transition year. Well over a decade later, our research shows that freshman…

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Transition to High School: School ‘Choice’ and Freshman Year in Philadelphia

The School District of Philadelphia’s tiered system of selective, nonselective, and charter high schools, and the process for high school choice, has created real variation in the degree to which high schools can successfully meet…
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