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Haynes, Mariana – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2015
Noting that 60 percent of both fourth and eighth graders currently struggle with reading, this report urges the U.S. Congress to focus on students' literacy development from early childhood through grade twelve as it works to rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Literacy Education, Grade 4, Grade 8
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Wilkerson, Stephanie B.; Shannon, Lisa C.; Styers, Mary K.; Grant, Billie-Jo – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2012
Success in Sight focuses on the interrelated parts of an education system. This systemic school improvement intervention is designed to address schools' specific needs while building their capacities to plan, implement, and evaluate school improvement practices. It is intended to help schools, leadership teams, and teachers systemically engage in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Experimental Groups, Intervention, Elementary Education
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Crane, Eric W.; Huang, Chun-Wei; Derby, Kenwyn; Makkonen, Reino; Goel, Aditi M. – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2008
This descriptive analysis provides a statistical profile of California's Title I school districts in program improvement. As an independent analysis of these districts in the aggregate, it is intended to inform the context for district improvement as California rolls out and refines its district intervention strategies. A key finding of this study…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Improvement, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
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Nave, Gary; Nishioka, Vicki; Burke, Arthur – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2009
This study reports on the developmental functioning levels of children from birth through age 2 in early intervention services and children ages 3-5 in early childhood special education services at the time of entry into services, using data from the Oregon Early Childhood Assessment System. The assessment system contains data on the assessed…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children
Taylor, James; Stecher, Brian; O'Day, Jennifer; Naftel, Scott; Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson – US Department of Education, 2010
The "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)" is designed to achieve an ambitious goal: All children will be proficient in reading and mathematics by the 2013-14 school year. A key strategy for achieving this goal is accountability. Based on findings from two federally funded studies--the Study of State Implementation of Accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Program Implementation
Bitter, Catherine; Perez, Maria; Parrish, Tom; Gonzalez, Raquel; Socias, Miguel; Salzfass, Lizzie; Chaney, Kassie; Gubbins, Paul; Anand, Priyanka; Dawson, Karl; Yu, Vicky; Delancey, Danielle; Estra, Phil – American Institutes for Research, 2005
Over the past decade, the standards-based reform movement in education has focused attention on the responsibility of schools and school systems to produce results in student learning. Nationally this focus is most evident with the implementation of accountability provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. However, even…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Intervention