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Direct linkCortázar, Alejandra; Molina, María de los Ángeles; Sélman, Javiera; Manosalva, Alejandra – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Finding: The present study estimates the long-term effects of Chile's national public Early Childhood Care and Education program (ECCE) on children academic achievement, grade retention and school dropouts, to better understand if ECCE is helping reduce the socioeconomic achievement gap. The present study uses a quasi-experimental design…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Grade Repetition
Vidigal, Claudia Bueno Rocha; Vidigal, Vinicius Gonçalves – Education Economics, 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of extension of the school day in the context of Brazil's "Mais Educação" Extended School Day Program. Using school level longitudinal data, we find that the program reduces the dropout rates of students in all grade levels, raises the enrollment of students in grades 6-9, but reduces the enrollment of…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Extended School Day, Dropout Rate
Download full textWheeler Hill, Ellie; Argue, Sarah; Holland, Greg – Arkansas Research Center, 2021
The Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) program longitudinal study (2009-2020) reviews the changing circumstances and outcomes of participation in Pre-K services in Arkansas. The "core comparison" of this study is between ABC participants and students who had no known Pre-K participation but have similar household income levels. The results…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Preschool Education, Family Income, Attendance Patterns
Houston Independent School District, 2019
Each year, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) offers a summer education program designed to assist students with a variety of instructional needs. Centrally coordinated summer school programs in 2019 included accelerated instruction for State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) re-testers;…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Promotion, Grade Repetition
Houston Independent School District, 2018
Each year, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) offers a summer education program designed to assist students with a variety of instructional needs. Centrally coordinated summer school programs in 2017 included accelerated instruction for State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) re-testers;…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Acceleration (Education), Repetition, Required Courses
Houston Independent School District, 2018
Each year, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) offers a summer education program designed to assist students with a variety of instructional needs. Centrally coordinated summer school programs in 2018 included accelerated instruction for State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) re-testers;…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Acceleration (Education), Repetition, Required Courses
Houston Independent School District, 2017
Each year, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) offers a summer education program designed to assist students with a variety of instructional needs. The 2016 summer education program allowed students the opportunity to repeat required courses needed for promotion, to get ahead by taking required courses before the next school year, or to…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Acceleration (Education), Repetition, Required Courses
Houston Independent School District, 2016
Each year, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) offers a summer education program designed to assist students with a variety of instructional needs. The 2015 summer education program allowed students the opportunity to repeat required courses needed for promotion, to get ahead by taking required courses before the next school year, or to…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Acceleration (Education), Repetition, Required Courses
Temple, Judy A.; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Economics of Education Review, 2007
We discuss the evidence on the effectiveness of preschool programs using results from three well-known intervention studies: the Chicago Child-Parent Centers, High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, and the Carolina Abecedarian Project. Results from cost-benefit analyses of other programs for younger and older children also are reported. Given that…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Intervention
Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1999
Presents samples of strategies some California schools use using to help students not meeting grade-level standards. Programs include "Success for All," individualized learning plans, afterschool tutorials, a parent math-refresher course, personalized assignments, and literacy labs. Program funding, evaluation methods, results, and…
Descriptors: Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Intervention
Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes results from the 2007 Austin Independent School District summer school program at those Title I schools that provided summer services to students who did not attend other district summer school programs.
Descriptors: Summer Schools, At Risk Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
Fager, Jennifer; Richen, Rae – 1999
This booklet, part of a series of reports on "hot topics" in education review the research and conventional wisdom concerning retention and promotion and includes an exploration of alternative practices that can be used to prevent failure and improve a student's chances for successful remediation. The booklet also describes how two…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Walsh, Catherine E.; Carballo, Eduardo B. – 1986
This study of the effectiveness of transitional bilingual education (TBE) programs for Hispanic students in five Massachusetts school districts analyzed data on students' personal and educational characteristics (place of birth, socioeconomic status, number of years in TBE, district mobility, attendance, test scores, academic grades, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis
Solomon, Henry; And Others – 1988
The Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) program in New York City identifies and delivers services to middle school students who are excessively absent or otherwise at risk of dropping out. The AIDP program has the following components: (1) facilitation; (2) attendance; (3) guidance; (4) health; (5) school-level linkages; and (6)…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Hartman, William T.; Fay, Todd A. – 1996
This study evaluated the cost effectiveness of Instructional Support Teams (IST) in Pennsylvania, by comparing IST costs to those of traditional special education programs. An introduction notes pressures for change and the objectives of the prereferral intervention utilized in the IST approach. The study compared costs and program effectiveness…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
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