Nathaniel Schwartz

Associated IES Content

FY2022

FY2022 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel

Using Teacher Evaluation Data to Drive Instructional Improvement: Evidence from the Evaluation Partnership Program in Tennessee

Building on existing research collaborations between the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) and researchers at both Vanderbilt and Brown/Harvard Universities, researchers for this project will examine the implementation and impact of the Evaluation Partnership Program (EPP) on teacher and student outcomes. The EPP is a central component of the state's teacher evaluation system and its ongoing efforts to use the system to promote instructional improvement. Researchers will also focus o...

Federal funding program:

Partnerships and Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice or Policy

Award number:

R305E150005

Grant

Dual-Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee

This project team evaluated the impact of Tennessee's dual credit course for Advanced Algebra/Trigonometry on students' high school and college outcomes. Dual-credit courses are courses taken in high school that can provide college credit. These courses are designed to align high school and college curricula by providing college-level instruction within the familiar context of high school. Curricular alignment between high school and college may better prepare students by exposing them to th...