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Devers, Erin E.; Devers, Christopher J.; Miller, Paul D.; Alayan, Alexandra; Robertson, John; Baquet, Zachary; Ho, Nina; Echeverry, Shawnie; Heavner, Shayla K. – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2022
Many factors contribute to the achievement gap in the U.S. As an intervention to help narrow the gap, tutoring presents a potentially powerful solution. Decades of research suggest that tutoring is an effective, evidence-based approach to improve student success, with effect sizes ranging from 0.4. to 2.0. As many school systems in the U.S. move…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Tutoring, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Heather M. Wilson – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2025
In alignment with the Academic Excellence pillar of the Strategic Plan, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is committed to improving student achievement in literacy. MCPS initially piloted a Structured Literacy approach in Kindergarten-Grade 2 during the 2021-2022 school year. Due to the pilot's success in improving student outcomes, MCPS…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Outcomes of Education, Literacy Education
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Baird, Matthew D.; Pane, John F. – Educational Researcher, 2019
Evaluators report effects of education initiatives as standardized effect sizes, a scale that has merits but obscures interpretation of the effects' practical importance. Consequently, educators and policymakers seek more readily interpretable translations of evaluation results. One popular metric is the number of years of learning necessary to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Policy, Evaluators
Pearson, 2018
aimswebPlus® is an assessment, data management, and reporting system that provides national and local performance and growth norms for the screening and progress monitoring of math and reading skills for all students in kindergarten through 8th grade. aimswebPlus uses two types of measures: (1) "curriculum-based measures" (CBMs)--brief,…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Data Analysis, Standards, Response to Intervention