@EdWorkingPaper{ai19-103,
title = "The Next Generation of State Reforms to Improve their Lowest Performing Schools: An Evaluation of North Carolina’s School Transformation Initiative",
author = "Gary T. Henry, Erica Harbatkin",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "103",
year = "2019",
month = "July",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai19-103",
abstract = {In contrast to prior federally mandated school reforms, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) allows states more discretion in reforming their lowest performing schools, removes requirements to disrupt the status quo, and does not allocate substantial additional funds. Using a regression discontinuity design, we evaluate a state turnaround initiative aligned with ESSA requirements. We find the effect on student test score growth was not significant in year one and -0.13 in year two. Also in year two, we find that teachers in turnaround schools were 22.5 percentage points more likely to turn over. Teacher turnover appears to have been voluntary rather than the result of strategic staffing decisions.},
}