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Rickel, Jessica – Online Submission, 2023
Analysis of consistent Zearn Math users and a comparable group of non-users in a large Southern district shows that students who used Zearn Math had higher levels of academic growth than similar students with no usage. This analysis used the quasi-experimental method, Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM), to examine the impact of Zearn Math across 1,111…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement
Szatrowski, Alisa – Online Submission, 2022
Analysis of consistent Zearn Math users and a comparable group of low- or non-users, across 6 districts in Nebraska, shows that students who used Zearn Math consistently had higher levels of academic growth than similar students with low- or no-usage. For this analysis, 784 students who completed an average of 3+ Zearn Math lessons per week,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement
Ethan R. Van Norman; Emily R. Forcht – Online Submission, 2024
The purpose of this report was to evaluate the Lalilo software program. This large-scale quasi-experimental study independently conducted by Lehigh University reported that K-1 students in schools using Lalilo increased their early literacy skills at a greater rate than students in similar schools that did not use Lalilo.
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Emergent Literacy, Primary Education
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Melo-Becerra, Ligia Alba; Ramos-Forero, Jorge Enrique; Rodríguez Arenas, Jorge Leonardo; Zárate-Solano, Héctor M. – Education Economics, 2023
This paper describes some indicators of the Colombian educational system considering the effect of the pandemic and assesses the causal effect of an alternation plan between face-to-face and remote education, conducted in 2020, on the results of an achievement test. Indicators reveal that the pandemic caused a greater demand for education services…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, Distance Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Aaron Soo Ping Chow; Katy Nilsen; Jazmin Cruz; Dennis Ciancio – Online Submission, 2024
This independent quasi-experimental study conducted by WestEd reported that Lalilo had a large significant positive impact on students' oral reading fluency skills. This is an important outcome because fluency is both a critical component of literacy and a strong predictor of later reading success. Effects were particularly strong for students…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Emergent Literacy, Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction
Freeman, Kayla; Cartwright, Macey; Berrett, Andrew – Online Submission, 2023
(Purpose) This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Imagine Math by comparing the performance of program users and non-users on the NWEA MAP Growth Math assessment. (Methods) Propensity score matching was utilized to compare statistically similar southeastern U.S. charter school students who used or did not use the Imagine Math program during…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Mathematics Education, Charter Schools, Mathematics Instruction
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Barbara D. Goodson; Eleanor Harvill; Carter Epstein; Maureen Sarna; Kyla Brown; Rachel McCormick – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2024
The set of appendices in this volume is a companion to the report "Federal Efforts Towards Investing in Innovation in Education Through the i3 Fund: A Summary of Grantmaking and Evidence-Building." The goal of the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) was to build high-quality evidence about effective…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Design, Educational Practices, Educational Innovation
Evans, David K.; Yuan, Fei – World Bank, 2019
In the past decade, hundreds of impact evaluation studies have measured the learning outcomes of education interventions in developing countries. The impact magnitudes are often reported in terms of "standard deviations," making them difficult to communicate to policy makers beyond education specialists. This paper proposes two…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Intervention
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Alison Wellington; Melissa Clark; Alyson Burnett; Susanne James-Burdumy; Libby Makowsky; Stacey Brockman; Dallas Dotter; Mariesa Herrmann; Hanley Chiang – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2024
This appendix is a companion to the report "Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools: Exploring Implementation Experiences." The appendix provides additional information about the study, which sought to explore schools' implementation of departmentalized instruction, teachers' experiences with the strategy, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Departments, Educational Strategies, School Organization
Education Commission of the States, 2020
Following a high-quality early care and pre-K experience, the kindergarten-through-third-grade years set the foundation upon which future learning builds; and strengthening this continuum creates opportunities for later success. Key components of a quality experience in K-3 include school readiness and transitions, kindergarten requirements,…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Primary Education, Student Evaluation
Gortazar, Lucas; Hupkau, Claudia; Roldán, Antonio – Centre for Economic Performance, 2023
We provide evidence from a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a novel, 100-percent online math tutoring program, targeted at secondary school students from highly disadvantaged neighborhoods. The intensive, eight-week-long program was delivered by qualified math teachers in groups of two students during after-school hours. The…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, At Risk Students
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Mislevy, Jessica; Schmidt, Rebecca; Puma, Michael; Ezekoye, Andrew; Saucedo, Daniela – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2020
The Virginia Department of Education's Virtual Virginia (VVA) program delivers more than 90 supplemental online courses to more than 10,000 middle and high school students each year. The department partnered with Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Appalachia to examine the relationship between students' participation in a subset of 31 VVA…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Electronic Learning, Middle School Students, High School Students
Vargas-Rodríguez, Yolanda Marina; Obaya Valdiva, Adolfo Eduardo; Montano-Osorio, Carlos; Lima-Vargas, Alvaro E.; Pacheco-Ortin, Sandy M.; Vargas-Rodriguez, Guadalupe I. – Online Submission, 2020
A problem-based online learning (PBe-L) teaching sequence was designed for calculating the shelf life (expiration date) of an on-site solution of refrigerated drug as part of activities of a Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry course of Pharmacy major at FES Cuautitlán UNAM in Mexico. The teacher presents students the problem, a group collaborative…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Problem Based Learning, Preservation, Pharmaceutical Education
Minnesota Department of Education, 2022
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) ensures educational equity for multilingual learners through supporting school districts and charter schools to develop, implement and evaluate research-based language instruction education programs so that multilingual learners, including students with English learner status, attain academic language…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, State Regulation
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Engvall, Margareta; Samuelsson, Joakim; Östergren, Rickard – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2020
Mastering traditional algorithms has formed mathematics teaching in primary education. Educational reforms have emphasized variation and creativity in teaching and using computational strategies. These changes have recently been criticized for lack of empirical support. This research examines the effect of teaching two differently structured…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
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