Measuring the Impact of a Nationally Funded Investing in Innovation (i3) Project on Middle-Grades Student Academic Performance

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Abstract

This paper presents the analytic methods and results of a robust evaluation of a U. S. Department of Education (USDE) Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant designed to improve the educational outcomes of low-performing middle-grades students in eighteen schools in California, Illinois, and North Carolina. The paper focuses on the grant’s impact on student achievement test scores over a three-year period, as well the influence of associated factors such as student attitudes towards academics and school climate.

Authors

• Nancy Flowers, University of Illinois

• Shahana Begum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Dawn M. H. Carpenter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Peter F. Mulhall