ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Program Descriptions	2
Time on Task	2
Academic Achievement	1
Accountability	1
Criterion Referenced Tests	1
Elementary Secondary Education	1
Individualized Instruction	1
Intervention	1
Literacy Education	1
Low Achievement	1
Mastery Learning	1
Primary Education	1
Program Effectiveness	1
Reading Achievement	1
Time Factors (Learning)	1
More ▼

Source

Educational Leadership

Author

Cohen, S. Alan	1
Hyman, Joan S.	1
Kay, Stephen	1
Wheaton, Craig	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	2
Reports - Descriptive	2
Reports - Research	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

California

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

Learning for Mastery: Ten Conclusions after 15 Years and 3,000 Schools.

Peer reviewed

Cohen, S. Alan; Hyman, Joan S. – Educational Leadership, 1979

The Learning for Mastery approach is clearly more effective than traditional instruction, but individualized programs are better than group-based ones. Students master more objectives with mastery learning because their level of participation is higher. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction

Every Child Will Read--We Guarantee It.

Peer reviewed

Wheaton, Craig; Kay, Stephen – Educational Leadership, 1999

Faced with low literacy levels, four schools in Santa Clara, California, decreed that every entering kindergartner would be a competent reader by the end of second grade. The schools then implemented the 1,000 Days Network--an uninterrupted morning literacy block tailored to children's needs. Preliminary results are encouraging. (MLH)

Descriptors: Accountability, Intervention, Literacy Education, Low Achievement