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McDonald, Sarah-Kathryn; Andal, Jolynne; Brown, Kevin; Schneider, Barbara – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2007
Educational improvement through data-based decision-making using high-quality data is a longstanding goal of policymakers and practitioners, and ensuring the quality of the evidence available to inform such decisions is a key part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The evidence-based education that such initiatives promote involves the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Information Needs, Information Systems, Politics of Education
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Adams, Gary L.; Slocum, Timothy A. – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2004
A recent report by Dr. Randall Ryder evaluated the use of Direct Instruction (DI) reading programs in 2 school districts in Wisconsin. In the report, Ryder claimed that students in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade who received Direct Instruction scored significantly lower on several standardized tests of reading than students who received more traditional…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs