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Trisha H. Borman; Geoffrey D. Borman; So Jung Park; Bo Zhu; Scott Houghton – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
We present findings across three randomized trials of "Descubriendo la Lectura" (DLL), an intervention designed to improve literacy skills of Spanish-speaking first graders struggling with reading. DLL is a one-to-one Spanish-language literacy program lasting 12-20 weeks offered to a school's lowest performing emerging bilingual first…
Descriptors: Literacy, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Spanish
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Arbour, MaryCatherine; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Willett, John; Weiland, Christina; Snow, Catherine; Mendive, Susana; Barata, M. Clara; Treviño, Ernesto – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Despite consensus that school absenteeism has negative consequences for children's life outcomes, until recently, little was known about the prevalence of absenteeism or its potential to moderate the impacts of school-based interventions. This study provides evidence from a randomized experiment of a preschool intervention involving 1,876 children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attendance Patterns, Preschool Children, Intervention