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Harrison-McEachern, Rebecca – 1989
A study compared the reading achievement of first grade students who attended half-day kindergarten to that of students who attended full-day kindergarten. Subjects, 67 students in urban Newark, New Jersey, who had attended half-day and 66 students who had attended full-day kindergarten, were given the first grade Comprehensive Tests of Basic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Full Day Half Day Schedules, Grade 1, Kindergarten
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Download full textThompson, Bruce – Third Education Group Review, 2006
Value-added models, which rate schools for effectiveness while taking into account the poverty and other socioeconomic status of the students, are generating increased interest. This paper describes the use of one such model to evaluate whether school ratings changed when three new programs were introduced: the "Target Teach" curriculum…
Descriptors: Class Size, Program Evaluation, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness
