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Target 2021 Evaluation Reports and Overview
Target 2021 Evaluation Reports and Overview
In an effort to improve outcomes for students potentially impacted by test manipulation on the 2009 CRCT exams, the Atlanta Public Schools created the “Target 2021” initiative. The program’s goals included improving four outcomes: attendance, course failure, reading achievement, and graduation. Among students enrolled in APS in 2014/15, students were initially identified as eligible for the program based on having high numbers of answers changed from wrong to right on their 2009 CRCT exams.
In fall 2015, families of eligible students were invited to participate, and over 99 percent agreed to do so. A total of 3,075 were on the initial list to be offered services and were still enrolled in APS on the first day of the spring 2016 semester. By January 2016 individual support plans were created for each participating student and services began to be provided soon thereafter. These services included academic monitoring, individual counseling, attendance incentives, ACT/SAT prep, tutoring, behavioral interventions, college/career fairs and parent workshops.
Evaluation of the Target 2021 Program After Five Semesters of Implementation
Evaluation of the Target 2021 Program After Five Semesters of Implementation
By Tim R. Sass, Ph.D. | Jan. 14, 2019
This report is the third evaluation of the impact of the Target 2021 program.
Target 2021 Evaluation Report 2018 version D (2).pdfEvaluation of the Target 2021 Program After Three Semesters of Implementation
Evaluation of the Target 2021 Program After Three Semesters of Implementation
By Tim R. Sass, Ph.D. | Nov. 15, 2017
This analysis is based on the average effect of the program over all participants during the first three semesters of implementation from spring 2016 to spring 2017.
Target 2021 Evaluation Report I rev.pdfEvaluation of the Target 2021 Program After One Semester of Implementation
Evaluation of the Target 2021 Program After One Semester of Implementation
By Tim R. Sass, Ph.D. | Dec. 19, 2016, 2017
This analysis looks at the first semester of implementation, spring 2016.
Target 2021 Evaluation Report E.pdfAdditional Reports
Additional Reports
- External (Georgia State University) study of impacts related to the 2009 cheating
- Internal 2014-2015 data analysis for current APS students who may have been impacted;
- Past APS intervention efforts and remedial programs;
- 2014-2015 global interventions and programs in reading and math; and
- Possible next steps for supporting students through graduation.
The data contained herein provides an overview of the students being served by the Target 2021 initiative. All data from fall 2015 unless otherwise noted. Data include performance in reading and mathematics, the percentage of students in various support programs, demographic information, and course failure data. These data are provided to better understand and to better serve the students of Target 2021.
This document utilizes a panel of individual‐level data on students and teachers from APS, and investigates the effects of teacher cheating on subsequent student achievement, attendance and student behavior.
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