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Rock, JoAnn L.; Courtney, Rosalea; Handwerk, Philip G. – Educational Testing Service, 2009
This study examined math achievement of elementary school students when Math Out of the Box (MTB), an inquiry-based math program, was used to supplement curriculum. The sample consisted of 767 New Jersey students in the third, fourth, and fifth grades, with approximately one third using MTB. Math achievement was measured by an assessment…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Standardized Tests, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness
Smith, Gregory A.; Sobel, David – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
Place- and community-based education--an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local--addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community. It offers a way to extend young people's attention beyond the classroom to the world as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Place Based Education, School Community Relationship
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2008
This paper presents the Final Report on the Audio-Digital MCAS Pilot Program. The Department and Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) have collaborated to provide audio-digital read-aloud editions of the Grade 10 English Language Arts and Mathematics MCAS tests for a small number of students with disabilities such as dyslexia and/or…
Descriptors: Test Results, Individualized Education Programs, Pilot Projects, Educational Assessment
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Bebell, Damian; Kay, Rachel – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2010
This paper examines the educational impacts of the Berkshire Wireless Learning Initiative (BWLI), a pilot program that provided 1:1 technology access to all students and teachers across five public and private middle schools in western Massachusetts. Using a pre/post comparative study design, the current study explores a wide range of program…
Descriptors: Research Design, Middle Schools, Pilot Projects, Research Methodology
Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2007
In this technical report, the authors describe the development alternate forms of Word and Passage Reading Fluency measures as part of a comprehensive progress monitoring literacy assessment system developed in 2006 for use with students in Kindergarten through fourth grade. They begin with a brief overview of the two conceptual frameworks…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Tests, Kindergarten
Silvernail, David L.; Small, Dorothy; Walker, Leanne; Wilson, Richard L.; Wintle, Sarah E. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2008
As everyone enters the 21st Century there is a great deal of discussion in business and education circles alike about the type of skills the youth will need to survive and thrive in this century. At the same time, there is little known today about the level of 21st Century skills students currently have. In part this is because, as a nation,…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Outcomes of Education, Scoring Rubrics, Teaching Guides