Analyzing Student Achievement in Statewide, Urban, and Rural Systemic Initiatives

五个研究问题将指导研究小组的活动：1--学生评估数据在多大程度上可以在不同的改革地点适当地联系起来？2-在哪些地点什么样的联系策略适合于提高改革结果的可比性？3-如何将关于过程驱动因素、饱和度和一致性的信息在不同地点结合起来，以支持有意义的推论？4-考虑到数据集中已有的数据和要从地点收集的数据，哪些统计方法可以支持关于地点的“因果关系”的推断，哪些统计方法可以支持从改革活动之间的协变和令人满意的学生评估结果得出的“偶然性”的推断？5-未来的改革努力应该如何组织和报告，以促进改革地点内部和跨改革地点的改进推断？

Five study questions will guide the activities of the research team:1 - to what extent can the student assessment data be appropriately linked across reform sites?2 - What types of linking strategies are appropriate in which of the sites to improve the comparability of reform outcomes?3 - How can information on the process drivers, saturation and alignment be combined across sites to support meaningful inferences?4 - Given the data already available in the data sets and the data to be gathered from the sites, what statistical methods can support inferences about "causality" from the sites, what statistical methods can support inferences about "casuality" from covariation among reform activities and swubsequent student assessment results?5 - How should future reform efforts be structured and reported to facilitate improved inferences both within and across reform sites?