Evaluation of Delaware's Opportunity Funding and Student Success Block Grant Programs: Third and Final Year. Research Report. RR-A230-3

Autor/inn/en	Doan, Sy; Engberg, John; Morales, Sam; Schwartz, Heather L.; Karoly, Lynn A.
Institution	RAND Education and Labor
Titel	Evaluation of Delaware's Opportunity Funding and Student Success Block Grant Programs: Third and Final Year. Research Report. RR-A230-3
Quelle	(2023), (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Program Evaluation; Program Implementation; Educational Finance; Block Grants; School Districts; Charter Schools; Economically Disadvantaged; Poverty; Multilingualism; Bilingual Students; Resource Allocation; Expenditures; Investment; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Delaware + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Bildungsfonds; School district; Schulbezirk; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Armut; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ressourcenallokation; Ausgaben; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Schulleistung
Abstract	This report is the third of three annual reports evaluating the implementation and effects of two Delaware weighted funding programs designed to support Delaware's 42 school districts and charter schools (also known as local education agencies [LEAs]) enrolling students experiencing poverty (SEPs) and multilingual learners (MLs) during the 2019-2020 to 2021-2022 school years: Opportunity Funding and the Student Success Block Grant (SSBG) program. In this report, the authors describe how Delaware's LEAs spent their Opportunity Funding and SSBG dollars, what portion of their allocations they spent, and what LEA leaders deemed their most effective investments with those dollars. They also examine whether both the allocation of the funds and the actual expenditures were associated with improved performance on spring 2022 math and reading tests. The authors use and report results from multiple quantitative designs, including cross-state comparisons of academic achievement, comparisons of the size of academic achievement gaps before and after the availability of funds, and comparisons of academic achievement between schools that did and did not expend these funds. Since the 2019-2020 school year, the Opportunity Funding and SSBG programs have allocated nearly $100 million to Delaware LEAs to support student learning and well-being, with particular emphasis on supporting SEPs and MLs. Delaware LEAs have used these funds to make hundreds of investments, most of which are the employment of staff dedicated to support reading instruction, MLs, and student mental health. [For the "Early Implementation" report, see ED626324. For the "Second Year" report, see ED626325. For "Flexible Opportunity Funding Investments in Delaware: Lessons from District Leaders," see ED626328.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01