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The Power of Preschool: What We Know from Lottery Evidence. Policy Brief
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Talia Gerstle; Amanda Schmidt – Blueprint Labs, 2023
This publication summarizes an academic review paper on preschool effectiveness, "Lottery Evidence on the Impact of Preschool in the United States: A Review and Meta-Analysis" by Jesse Bruhn and Emily Emick. The 44 papers summarized fall into three categories: studies of three model preschool programs begun in the 1960s known as…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation
Lottery Evidence on the Impact of Preschool in the United States: A Review and Meta-Analysis. Discussion Paper #2023.20
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Jesse Bruhn; Emily Emick – Blueprint Labs, 2023
This paper reviews research on the design and effectiveness of preschools in the United States. Three randomized controlled trials that enrolled roughly 350 total children in demonstration studies during the 1960s and 1970s shape much of the current discussion of preschool. We examine what these studies and more recent ones based on random…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation
Education Options Task Force Report.
Portland Public Schools, OR. Evaluation Dept. – 1984
The Portland Public Schools Board of Education requested this study of alternative education programs supported by the District to assist the staff and board in making budgetary decisions. The Task Force made the following recommendations: (1) provide support necessary to stabilize existing educational options; (2) develop school-based educational…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Experimental Programs, High Schools, Nontraditional Education
The Effect of Style on Teachers' Perceptions of the Principal's Instructional Leadership in the Supervision of a Model School.
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Gallagher, Karen S. – Planning and Changing, 1984
Examines why an elementary school, set up as a model school promoting learning effectiveness, was not working as predicted. Concentrates on staff assessments of principal's role. (JW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Models
Mandatory School Improvement: One State's Endeavor To Improve Its Lower Performing Schools.
Eastwood, Kenneth W. – 1991
In 1984 the State of New York mandated participation in the Comprehensive School Improvement Program (CSIP) for elementary schools that ranked in the bottom 9 percent on statewide student competency exams. To discern the overall effectiveness of the program and identify why it appeared to succeed in some schools and fail in others, the changes in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Education
The Jefferson County Effective Schools Project: Description and Analysis of Outcomes.
Miller, Stephen K.; And Others – 1984
In 1982-83 the Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) (JCPS) implemented a pilot effective schools project for 10 elementary buildings, based on the inservice program, "Creating Effective Schools," by Brookover and others (1982). This paper provides an overview of the origin of the program in JCPS, how the program was conducted, and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Elementary Education, Experimental Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
CARE, Changing Attitudes Regarding Education.
Duval County Schools, Jacksonville, FL. – 1986
Changing Attitudes Regarding Education (CARE) is a program for the elementary school level which seeks to heighten educators' awareness of student attitudes toward education that are not conducive to an ongoing learning process. The goals of the program are accomplished using a team approach. The school principal is a member of the team and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs