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Title: Evaluating Opportunity Culture: Improving Student Achievement through Strategic Staffing in West Texas. Policy Brief No. 5
Language: English
Authors: J. Jacob Kirksey, Jessica J. Gottlieb, Alexander Wiseman, Braden M. Re, Teresa Lansford, Emily Robison, Texas Tech University (TTU), Center for Innovative Research in Change, Leadership, and Education (CIRCLE)
Source: Center for Innovative Research in Change, Leadership, and Education. 2026.
Availability: Center for Innovative Research in Change, Leadership, and Education. Texas Tech University, College of Education, 3002 18th Street, Room 168, Lubbock, TX 79409. Tel: 806-834-2923; e-mail: circle.educ@ttu.edu; Web site: https://hdl.handle.net/2346/88837
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 4
Intermediate Grades
Grade 5
Middle Schools
Grade 6
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Effectiveness, Accountability, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
Geographic Terms: Texas
Abstract: This brief presents findings from a four-year evaluation of the implementation of Opportunity Culture (OC) in Ector County ISD (ECISD). OC uses a multi-classroom leadership strategy in which selected high-quality teachers lead a team of teachers and are held accountable for student achievement in all classrooms of the team's teachers. We replicate quantitative research evaluating OC in North Carolina, but to our knowledge, we are the first mixed methods evaluation of OC. The main content in this brief highlights our quantitative findings. We found that students with Multi-Classroom Leaders exhibited large gains in achievement. Students with Team Teachers also showed moderate improvement in achievement, and we show that OC likely improves the effectiveness of teachers beyond those directly participating in the program.
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