Independent reports on KIPP

These reports are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Reader

• "Evaluating Success: KIPP Educational Program Evaluation"

  Prepared by New American Schools, Educational Performance Network. October, 2002.

  "The results of this evaluation provide evidence that students’ test scores improved at impressive rates after their enrollment in the KIPP schools. Of critical importance, these gains were reflected across demographic subgroups and exceeded those achieved by these same students in the year prior to their enrollment."   Read more...

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• "Analysis of Year 2 (2003-2004): Student Achievement Outcomes for the Memphis KIPP Diamond Academy"

  Prepared by Center for Research in Educational Policy, University of Memphis.
  January, 2005.

  "These results are clearly suggestive of positive KIPP DIAMOND Academy effects in year two, especially in view of the doubling of school size and special unanticipated challenges faced during the year."   Read more...

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• "Focus on Results: An Academic Impact Analysis of the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)"

  Prepared by The Educational Policy Institute (EPI). August, 2005.

  "The Knowledge Is Power Program has posted large and significant gains on a nationally norm-referenced standardized test. This performance is true across schools and throughout the nation. The fact that KIPP fifth grade cohorts showed a dramatic increase well above normal growth rates in reading, language, and mathematics is laudable and worthy of continued investigation and practice."   Read more...

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• "San Francisco Bay Area KIPP Schools: A Study of Early Implementation"

  Prepared by SRI International. March, 2006.

  "Students attending Bay Area KIPP schools score consistently higher on standardized tests than for comparable public neighborhood schools across grades and subjects — in a few cases dramatically so."   Read more...

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• "Opening Closed Doors: Lessons from Colorado’s First Independent Charter School"

  Prepared by Augenblick, Palaich & Associates. September, 2006.

  "Standardized test scores indicate that Cole College Prep produced improved student outcomes. This [study] reviews Cole College Prep student performance on both the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) and Stanford 10 (SAT-10) standardized tests."   Read more...