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Download full textCorrin, William; Zhu, Pei; Shih, Miki; Brown, Kevin Thaddeus, Jr.; Teres, Jed; Darrow, Catherine; Nichols, Austin; Lack, Kelly – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2022
These are the appendices for the report "The Effects of an Academic Language Program on Student Reading Outcomes." This study investigated WordGen Elementary, a program designed to improve fourth- and fifth-grade students' ability to understand and communicate academic language and their general reading skill. The program provider…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement
Direct linkHollands, Fiona M.; Kieffer, Michael J.; Shand, Robert; Pan, Yilin; Cheng, Henan; Levin, Henry M. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
We review the value of cost-effectiveness analysis for evaluation and decision making with respect to educational programs and discuss its application to early reading interventions. We describe the conditions for a rigorous cost-effectiveness analysis and illustrate the challenges of applying the method in practice, providing examples of programs…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
Smith, Kevin G.; Foorman, Barbara R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2015
This guide is designed to facilitate self-studies of planning and implementation of state-required summer reading camp programs for grade 3 students who scored at the lowest level on the state reading assessment. It provides a template for data collection and guiding questions for discussion that may improve instruction and increase the number of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
Duflo, Annie; Kiessel, Jessica – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Rigorous evidence from around the world has shown that significant improvements in learning can be obtained at comparatively low cost by spending more, focused time ensuring that the bottom half of the class in the early grades does not get left behind. The authors present results from the Teacher Community Assistant Initiative (TCAI) that tests…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Developing Nations
Hitchcock, John H.; Kurki, Anja; Wilkins, Chuck; Dimino, Joseph; Gersten, Russell – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2009
When attempting to determine if an intervention has a causal impact, the "gold standard" of program evaluation is the randomized controlled trial (RCT). In education studies random assignment is rarely feasible at the student level, making RCTs harder to conduct. School-level assignment is more common but this often requires considerable resources…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Reading Programs
Stephens, Charles E.; Hendrickson, Leslie – 1978
A reading program evaluation was conducted by the school district of Eugene, Oregon, during the 1976-1977 school year. Three major questions were to be answered: (1) Are the district's elementary reading programs effective according to the district's reading scope and sequence? (2) What makes effective programs effective? (3) If programs are not…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Robbins, Edward L. – 1971
The relationship between the importance of the objectives of a public school reading program and the extent of data collection efforts pertaining to these objectives was examined. The purpose of the study was to determine if the information collected was sufficient for teachers to make a continuous evaluation of the program's ability to meet the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This report was submitted by Education Turnkey Systems, Inc. and its subcontractor, Kirschner Associates, Inc. and key University of Maryland and other consultants in response to the needs of the National Institute of Education as specified in the Request for Proposal "to develop a Design to Study Individualized Instruction, as part of a general…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Programs
Education Resource Strategies, 2008
In the fall of 2007, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) was invited by Philadelphia's School Reform Commission to conduct a Strategic Professional Development Review for the School District of Philadelphia (SDP). ERS is a nonprofit organization that is nationally recognized for its extensive work in partnering with urban school districts to make…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Program Evaluation, Strategic Planning, School Districts
Valdes, Alice L.; Helms, David C., Jr. – 1975
The research design discussed here focuses on four major questions: (1) what the relative effectiveness of well-implemented "individualized" instruction vs. well-implemented "standardized" instruction for recipients of compensatory education in terms of reading achievement, mathematics achievement and classroom climate is; (2)…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1983
The Evaluation System of the District of Columbia Public Schools has several purposes. It is designed to enable the school system to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and to identify characteristics of programs that seem to increase effectiveness. Also, it is designed to enable the schools to follow particular students over a period of years,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Data Collection, Elementary Education
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This document includes 14 appendices to a report submitted by Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., and its subcontractor, Kirschner Associates, Inc. and key University of Maryland and other consultants in response to the needs of the National Institute of Education as specified in the Request for Proposal "to develop a Design to Study…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Brown, Edward B.; Dutton, Donnie – 1972
Three 2-week Adult Basic Education (ABE) Institutes were conducted in Tennessee during the summer of 1972. The three were an ABE Guidance and Counseling Institute, an ABE Materials and Teaching Institute, and an ABE Reading Institute. Each institute consisted of approximately 30 participants from the various regions of the state, and graduate…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Credit Courses, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
