A+ Denver and DFER Colorado Report Reveals Disappointing School Turnaround Results

Over the past five years, the U.S. Department of Education has invested $4.7 billion in turning schools around, including $58 million dollars into Colorado’s lowest performing schools. This is more than the federal government invested in the entire Race to the Top effort.

A+ Denver and DFER Colorado dig deep into the performance of the program in the latest report: Colorado’s Turnaround Schools 2010-2013: Make a Wish. Results nationally have been lackluster, and while Colorado is outperforming the nation as a whole, the return on investment has been low. For every student that moved into proficiency from the first three cohorts, $132,800 SIG dollars were spent.

Click here to view a PDF of the report.