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Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 4
Findings 7
Implications 15
References 16
Table 1. Characteristics of principals and teachers who stayed, left, and arrived at Texas at schools before the start of the first year of implementation of... 8
Figure 1. Nearly 80 percent of teachers at Texas schools in the year before implementation of the restart strategy left before the start of the restart school... 8
Figure 2. Teacher and principal mobility increased following implementation of the district-managed restart strategy in Texas but declined at the start of... 9
Figure 3. Student achievement in reading and math improved more in restart schools than in comparison schools in Texas after schools implemented the... 10
Figure 4. Student attendance rates improved more in restart schools than in comparison schools in Texas in the first year of implementing the restart strategy,... 11
Figure 5. For all three cohorts, nearly all district-managed Texas restart schools met state accountability standards after one year of implementation of the... 12
Boxes
Box 1. Components of the district-managed restart strategy 3
Box 2. Key terms 4
Box 3. Data sources, samples, methods, and limitations 5