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Peer reviewedWechsberg, Wendee M.; Zule, William A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2001
The three articles of this special section illustrate the complexity of HIV risk behaviors and demonstrate the need to go beyond simply assessing drug use and sexual behavior. They support a more comprehensive view of risk that challenges intervention design and current methodology. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Intervention, Planning
Peer reviewedReise, Steven P.; Duan, Naihua – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2001
Introduces this special issue on multilevel models. The first two articles examine the application of multilevel modeling (MLM) in the evaluation of large-scale multi-site interventions. The next two articles focus on developmental and longitudinal data analysis, and the last two describe innovative applications of MLM. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Intervention, Longitudinal Studies, Models
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In this study, Ridgway et al. found mixed results, depending on the assessment test used. With the Balanced Assessment (BA) test, positive significant differences were found between the Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) students and non-CMP students in grades 6, 7, and 8. The results for the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) were less favorable…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Curriculum, Program Effectiveness
What Works Clearinghouse, 2004
Schneider found no statistically significant differences between the intervention and comparison groups on the school-level Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) analyzed in the study. The findings may have been affected by only three schools implementing more than one-third of the total math problems in each year and grade. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, High Stakes Tests, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2005
This evaluation was designed to compare student achievement scores of students enrolled in Saxon Algebra 1/2 classrooms (intervention group) with students enrolled in Scott-Foresman Mathematics classrooms (comparison group). Crawford and Raia conducted three analyses, but this study report focuses on the strongest analysis of the three and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Middle Schools, Grade 8
What Works Clearinghouse, 2004
In this study, Ridgway et al. found mixed results, depending on the assessment test used. With the Balanced Assessment (BA) test, positive significant differences were found between the Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) students and non-CMP students in grades 6, 7, and 8. The results for the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) were less favorable…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Basic Skills
Peer reviewedWaxler, Trellis – Children Today, 1994
Reviews "Full Service Schools: A Revolution in Health and Social Services for Children, Youth and Families," by Joy G. Dryfoos, and "Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment: A Functional Approach to Working with Young Children," by Toni W. Linder. (HTH)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Classroom Observation Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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The one-page abstract summarizes "Research on the Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education," an ERIC Computer Search Reprint containing bibliographic information and abstracts of 64 studies of early intervention. The citations are discussed in five categories: research overviews, methodological studies, policies and large-scale…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Followup Studies
What Works Clearinghouse, 2004
Schneider found no statistically significant differences between the intervention and comparison groups on the school-level Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) analyzed in the study. The findings may have been affected by only three schools implementing more than one-third of the total math problems in each year and grade. In addition, the…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Student Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Bowles, Steve – Horizons, 1997
Reviews "Quality Work with Young People" (John Huskins, 1996) and other writings of the 1990s concerned with outdoor adventure education, youth work, "risk," and risk management. Compares these works with those of the 1970s. Criticizes deterministic trends in adventure education "interventions" and the present-day…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, At Risk Persons, Book Reviews, Criticism
