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References
Met WWC standards with reservations
Quint, J., Bloom, H. S., Black, A. R., & Stephens, L. (2005). Scaling up First Things First: The challenge of scaling up educational reform. New York, NY: MDRC. (Houston study)
Additional sources:
Quint, J. C., Byndloss, D. C., and Melamud, B. (2003). Scaling up First Things First: Findings from the first implementation year. New York, NY: MDRC.
Did not meet WWC evidence screens
Quint, J., Bloom, H. S., Black, A. R., & Stephens, L. (2005). Scaling up First Things First: The challenge of scaling up educational reform. New York, NY: MDRC.6 (Riverview Gardens study)
Quint, J., Bloom, H. S., Black, A. R., & Stephens, L. (2005). Scaling up First Things First: The challenge of scaling up educational reform. New York, NY: MDRC.7 (Kansas City study)
Quint, J., Bloom, H. S., Black, A. R., & Stephens, L. (2005). Scaling up First Things First: The challenge of scaling up educational reform. New York, NY: MDRC.8 (Shaw and Greenville study)
Gambone, M. A., Klem, A. M., Summers, J. A., Akey, T. A., & Sipe, C. L. (2004). Turning the tide: The achievements of the First Things First education reform in the Kansas City, Kansas Public School District. Philadelphia, PA: Youth Development Strategies, Inc.9
7 Unlike the other sites in the MDRC study, First Things First was implemented districtwide in Kansas City. Therefore, unlike the other sites, comparison schools were selected from other school districts in the state. The effect of First Things First was estimated by comparing trends in outcomes in Kansas City high schools with similar trends for seven other Kansas high schools (outside Kansas City) with substantial minority enrollment and below-average test scores. With this methodology, the analysis could not separate the effect of First Things First from the effect of other factors associated with the Kansas City school district.
8 The outcome measures are not relevant to this review.
9 The study did not use a comparison group.
