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Direct linkChapman, James W.; Tunmer, William E. – Reading Psychology, 2016
The recently reported i3 Scale-Up of Reading Recovery (May et al., 2015) found an effect size of +0.69 in favor of Reading Recovery compared to the control group. We discuss four issues: (a) many of the lowest achieving students were excluded from participation in Reading Recovery; (b) the control group received a range of different experiences;…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Early Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Program Effectiveness
The Impact of Advanced Curriculum on the Achievement of Mathematically Promising Elementary Students
Gavin, M. Katherine; Casa, Tutita M.; Adelson, Jill L.; Carroll, Susan R.; Sheffield, Linda Jensen – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2009
The primary aim of Project M[superscript 3]: Mentoring Mathematical Minds was to develop and field test advanced units for mathematically promising elementary students based on exemplary practices in gifted and mathematics education. This article describes the development of the units and reports on mathematics achievement results for students in…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Suburban Schools, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement
Download full textBlazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
There is a growing consensus among educators and the general public that technology should play a more integral role in students' education. However, the question of whether the introduction of technology into the classroom has a positive impact on teaching and learning is still under intense debate within the educational community. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Computer Uses in Education
Pink, William T. – 1985
The Effective Schools Pilot Project, conceived in fall 1983, was designed to improve selected schools by focusing resources to assist six elementary schools in developing strategies for self-assessment and renewal through participatory decision-making. Phase I of the project (1983-1984) resulted in a set of research-based school improvement plans…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Cronin, John; Bowe, Branin – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
Each year, Nevada students in grades 3, 4, 5, and 7 participate in testing as part of the Nevada assessment program. Students in grades 3 and 5 take the Nevada Criterion Referenced Assessment (Nevada CRT) while students in grades 4 and 7 take the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS). These tests serve as an important measure of student achievement for…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Achievement Tests, Standardized Tests, Reading Achievement
Tompkins, John F. – 1983
The Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District Chapter I Mathematics Program served 1,110 students in grades 2-8. Chapter I Math students in grades two through six achieved gains on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills from pre to posttesting. Scores on these tests are reported using a metric known as the Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE). The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attitude Measures, Budgets, Compensatory Education
Tompkins, John F. – 1983
The Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District Chapter I Reading Program served 1,850 students in grades 2-9. Chapter I students displayed gains between pre- and posttesting with the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and Iowa Tests of Educational Development. The total population of Chapter I students who completed both a pre and posttest…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attitude Measures, Budgets, Compensatory Education
Batchelder, Michelle – Online Submission, 2001
This report summarizes results from the 1999-2000 evaluation of the Austin Collaborative for Mathematics Education in AISD.
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
The purpose, procedures, analyses, and results are documented for seven information sources used by Austin (Texas) Independent School District in the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA)/Districtwide Priorities--Systemwide Desegregation Evaluation, 1981-82. The information sources include: (1) Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, (2) Sequential Tests of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Black Students
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy (CEP) analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
