@EdWorkingPaper{ai19-66,
title = "Effects of School Turnaround on K-3 Student Achievement",
author = "Gary T. Henry, Shelby M. McNeill, Erica Harbatkin",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "66",
year = "2019",
month = "May",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai19-66",
abstract = {This article contributes to the literature on school turnaround by examining the effect of the North Carolina Transformation (NCT) initiative, which was implemented in 75 low-performing schools after the state’s efforts to turn around the lowest performing schools under Race to the Top ended, on student reading score growth in grades K-3. Reading score growth is measured using the mCLASS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (DIBELS) assessment. Utilizing a regression discontinuity design, we find that the NCT intervention had null effects on K-3 reading score growth across both the 2016 and 2017 school years. },
}