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Judith Scott-Clayton; Irwin Garfinkel; Elizabeth Ananat; Sophie Collyer; Robert Paul Hartley; Anastasia Koutavas; Buyi Wang; Christopher Wimer – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
In 2015, the City University of New York (CUNY) launched a new program--Accelerate, Complete, and Engage (ACE)--aimed at improving college graduation rates. A randomized-control evaluation of the program found a nearly 12 percentage point increase in graduation five years after college entry. Using this impact estimate and national data on…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Graduation Rate, Intervention, Outcomes of Education
John F. Pane; Christopher Joseph Doss; Ivy Todd; Dorothy Seaman – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Zearn Math is a popular software platform for K-8 mathematics learning, designed to enable all students to successfully access grade-level content. RAND researchers collaborated with Zearn, the product's developer, to design this evaluation. Then RAND conducted the study independently, randomly assigning 64 schools in an urban Texas district to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Christina Nicolaidis; Mirah Scharer; Dora M. Raymaker; Joseph Vera; Todd Edwards; Ian Moura; Mary Baker-Ericzén; Joelle Maslak; Liu-Qin Yang; Rachel Kripke-Ludwig; Steven K. Kapp; Andrea Joyce; Anna Wallington; Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) Outcomes Project Team – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
People are increasingly recognizing the need for service interventions to improve the lives of autistic adults. However, less is known about how to best evaluate such services. We aimed to identify (1) which self-reported outcomes are most important to measure when evaluating the effectiveness of services for autistic adults and (2) what survey…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Program Evaluation, Intervention
Amy Taub; Shira Mattera; Rebecca Salzer; Sydney Roach – MDRC, 2025
MDRC's Guilford Readiness of Children for School (ROCS) study is an evaluation of the Ready for School, Ready for Life initiative in Guilford County, North Carolina. The initiative aims to support interconnected programs and services for young children and their families with the goal of having children enter kindergarten ready for learning. The…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Infants
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Johnson, Carrie L.; Carlson, Shawn L. – Journal of Extension, 2020
The United States is experiencing increased aging of farmers and ranchers, highlighting the need for succession planning programs that can help prepare them for successful transfer of land and assets to a successor. We discuss the Design Your Succession Plan program and its evaluation. The program consists of three sessions that address multiple…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Occupational Mobility, Planning, Extension Education
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Bazyk, Susan; Pataki, Kristen; DeBoth, Kelle – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
To explore the meaning and outcomes of a virtual "building capacity process" designed to promote knowledge translation of a public health approach to mental health with children and youth by occupational therapy students completing a Level II Fieldwork experience in school settings. building capacity process. A one-group (n= 19) mixed…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Capacity Building, Mental Health
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Simmons, Kathy; Felty, Cris – College and University, 2020
This article highlights a two-year institution's efforts to deliver personalized guidance and direction to students, providing essential support resources in hope of facilitating meaningful connections that will lead to increased enrollment, persistence, retention, and three-year graduation rates. The project includes efforts by student services…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, School Orientation, Academic Advising, Two Year Colleges
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Massey, Kyle D.; DeLuca, Christopher; LaPointe-McEwan, Danielle – To Improve the Academy, 2020
This research explores how faculty members' conceptions of assessment and confidence in assessment change as a result of an instructor training course. Based on a sample of 27 faculty members enrolled in a semester-long instructional development course, this survey-based study provides initial evidence that faculty members can develop confidence…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Gerrard-Longworth, Simon; Preece, Stephen J.; Clarke-Cornwell, Alexandra M.; Goulermas, Yannis – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2020
Previous activity classification studies have typically been performed on normal weight individuals. Therefore, it is unclear whether a generic classification algorithm could be developed that would perform consistently across individuals who fall within different BMI categories. Acceleration data were collected from the hip and ankle joints of 50…
Descriptors: Classification, Body Weight, Body Height, Body Composition
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Magnotta, Sarah R.; Peev, Plamen; Steffes, Erin – Journal of Marketing Education, 2020
Job opportunities in the field of professional sales are fast growing, with sales organizations striving to hire sales students who are prepared to embark on a sales career. Unfortunately, university business programs and faculty often lack the resources necessary to thoroughly prepare students for a sales career, or to expose them to career…
Descriptors: Competition, Salesmanship, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Program Implementation
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Soria, Krista M.; Kaste, Karl; Diekemper, Kelly M.; Blamo, Milpha; Belrose, Maddie R.; Brazelton, G. Blue – Journal of Leadership Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine whether undergraduates' participation in 12 different leadership trainings, workshops, conferences, or programs was associated with students' leadership efficacy. We used data from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership survey, which eight of the Big 10 institutions administered to students in spring…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Student Participation, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
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Colmar, Susan; Double, Kit; Davis, Nash; Sheldon, Linda; Phillips, Natalie; Cheng, Matthew; Briddon, Sophie – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2020
This applied experimental research tested the effectiveness of a universal, student-focused intervention ('Memory Mates'), specifically focused on supporting students to use attention and working memory strategies within academic contexts, unlike computer-based programs. Memory Mates is presented in the form of icons and explanations, with the…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Attention
Lindstrom, Lauren; DeGarmo, David; Khurana, Atika; Hirano, Kara; Leve, Leslie – Exceptional Children, 2020
Young women with disabilities face unique barriers in the transition from school to adulthood, yet very few studies have examined the effectiveness of gender-specific career interventions. Using an intent-to-treat analysis, this study tested the efficacy of the Paths 2 the Future (P2F) career development curriculum to produce beneficial impacts as…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Females, High School Students, Intervention
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Comito, Jacqueline; Ripley, Elizabeth; Licht, Mark A.; Janke, Adam K. – Journal of Extension, 2020
Despite external influences such as societal restrictions imposed during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, farmers continue to work, and needs for outreach and education have not waned. Extension professionals must continue to support these needs by using media and channels not typically employed when more traditional vehicles, such as on-site…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Rural Extension, Outreach Programs
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Tugluk, Mehmet Nur – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of the Primary Years Program (PYP) on the science process skills (SPSs) of children in early childhood education. The study design was quasi-experimental and focused on children attending private schools in Istanbul. In this study, the Science Process Scale developed by Ozkan (2015) was…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Skill Development, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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