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Download full textFarrell, Donna M.; Hanson, Ralph A. – 1999
This paper uses research findings on program evaluations over the last 20 years to derive 10 "Golden Rules" that will help school districts increase student learning. Each of the rules is described and illustrated within the context of a five-part quality assurance and evaluation system of program screening, field-testing, adoption and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKean, Michael H. – Urban Review, 1983
Describes "What Works in Reading?," a study of the variables that contribute to reading achievement. Provides an analysis of the study's impact, and examines why its findings were translated into policy. Isolates and discusses factors associated with research utilization. (CMG)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Walberg, Herbert J. – 1984
Analysis of the history of Chapter 1, the Federal program for the education of the disadvantaged, and a review of the research into the program's effectiveness show the inefficiency of Federal influence and funds in local schools. Chapter 1 has done little good for students: it has neither raised the achievement of the educationally deprived and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Piestrup, Ann McCormick – 1974
Under contract with the United States Office of Education, RMC Research Corporation and its subcontractor, Learning Achievement Corporation, undertook a research and development program aimed at identifying compensatory education projects which had produced reliably measured cognitive achievement benefits in reading and/or arithmetic. Once…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Compensatory Education, Design
Codianni, Anthony V.; Wilbur, Gretchen – 1983
The purpose of this paper is to identify those programs and processes currently using the components, factors, and behaviors that have been described in the literature as characteristic of more effective schools, and to synthesize findings from these programs and processes carrying out effective schooling practices. Following an introduction,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
