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Lunches Selected and Consumed from the National School Lunch Program in Schools Designated As HealthierUS School Challenge Schools Are More Nutritious than Lunches Brought from Home

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Bergman, Ethan A.; Saade, Catherine; Shaw, Emily; Englund, Tim; Cashman, Linda; Taylor, Katie Weigt; Watkins, Tracee; Rushing, Keith – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2014

Purpose/Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the nutrient content of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) lunches and lunches brought from home (LBFH) lunches in elementary schools participating in the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC). Methods: Participants included students in grades 2-5 in four Washington state HUSSC…

Descriptors: Child Health, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Dietetics

What Does It Cost to Educate California's Students? A Professional Judgment Approach. Technical Report. Getting Down to Facts II

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Levin, Jesse; de los Reyes, Iliana Brodziak; Atchison, Drew; Manship, Karen; Arellanes, Melissa; Hu, Lynn – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018

This report presents the results of a thorough study conducted by American Institutes for Research (AIR) to investigate the cost of providing an "adequate" education to California students attending public elementary, middle, and high schools. The study addresses the following question: "What is the cost of providing all California…

Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, State Departments of Education

Altering School Progression through Delayed Entry or Kindergarten Retention: Propensity Score Analysis of Long-Term Outcomes

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Raffaele Mendez, Linda M.; Kim, Eun Sook; Ferron, John; Woods, Bonnie – Journal of Educational Research, 2015

The authors examined long-term outcomes for children who experienced delayed entry to kindergarten or kindergarten retention. They used a cohort of 6,841 students to compare these groups to each other and typically progressing peers. First, the authors compared the groups on demographic and early childhood variables. For the long-term school-based…

Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Elementary School Students, Equal Education

The Nation's Report Card: Science in Action--Hands-On and Interactive Computer Tasks from the 2009 Science Assessment. NCES 2012-468

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National Center for Education Statistics, 2012

Science education is not just about learning facts in a classroom--it's about doing activities where students put their understanding of science principles into action. That's why two unique types of activity-based tasks were administered as part of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessment. In addition to the…

Descriptors: Investigations, Student Evaluation, Science Tests, National Competency Tests

The Nation's Report Card Mathematics 2011 State Snapshot Report. Wyoming. Grade 4, Public Schools

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National Center for Education Statistics, 2011

Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2011 mathematics assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. Overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, comparison of the average score in 2011 to…