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Direct linkNunnery, John A.; Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
Components of the School Renaissance[R] program, including Accelerated Reader and Reading Renaissance, have been implemented in more than 65,000 schools in the United States. Despite the program's popularity, there have been no published, well-controlled evaluations of its effectiveness. This randomized field experiment was designed to gauge…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement
Ross, Steven M. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1984
Three adaptive models encompassing variations of instructional support, incentives, and context of presentations were developed and validated through eight separate studies which compared the teaching of statistics under computer-managed instruction or teacher-managed systems. Results indicate instructional support adaptations were effective, but…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education
Download full textRoss, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron; Gallagher, Brenda McSparrin – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2004
In the present study, 49 fifth-graders enrolled the KIPP D.I.A.M.O.N.D. Academy in the 2002-03 school year were individually matched to control student from five feeder schools on the basis of ethnicity, free-reduced lunch status, and fourth-grade achievement on the Reading and Mathematics subtests of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Control Groups, Achievement Tests, Writing Evaluation
Gallagher, Brenda McSparrin; Ross, Steven M. – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2005
The present study examined outcomes on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program/Achievement Test (TCAP/AT) for the KIPP:DIAMOND Academy (KIPP:DA), which is in its second year of operation. Importantly, as in Year 1, a rigorous quasi-experimental research design was employed, in which each KIPP:DA student was individually matched to a highly…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Pretests Posttests, School Size
Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron J.; Bol, Linda – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2005
The purpose of the present evaluation study was to examine the progress made in program implementation, school climate, and student achievement by the seven charter schools. A "mixed-methods" design, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative data, was employed. The questions upon which the evaluation methods are based relate to the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Program Implementation, Academic Achievement, Charter Schools
Nunnery, John A.; Ross, Steven M.; Goldfeder, Elizabeth – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2003
The present research is a third-party study of the effects of the School Renaissance (SR) comprehensive school reform (CSR) model on student achievement in 11 elementary and middle schools in Texas. The primary measures used in the study were the Texas Learning Index (TLI) reading and mathematics scores obtained through administration of the Texas…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Educational Environment, Educational Change, Change Strategies
