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Jessica M. Namkung; Lynn S. Fuchs – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
In this article, we introduce the term "vulnerability to achievement stressors," which refers to differentially low achievement when shifts in the educational environment "stress" or threaten the capacity of an individual or a group of individuals to make academic progress. We also introduce a methodological framework for…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Student Needs, Stress Variables
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Jessica M. Namkung; Lynn S. Fuchs – Grantee Submission, 2024
In this article, we introduce the term "vulnerability to achievement stressors," which refers to differentially low achievement when shifts in the educational environment "stress" or threaten the capacity of an individual or a group of individuals to make academic progress. We also introduce a methodological framework for…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Student Needs, Stress Variables
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Godfrey, Gabrielle; LaPlaca, Stephanie B.; Heintz, Melissa M. – American Biology Teacher, 2022
What's in Our Waters Jr. (WOW Jr.) is an environmental outreach program designed to teach fourth grade elementary students about watershed protection. This program is unique because of the partnership that brings together students, teachers, scientists, and water resource professionals to promote science education and environmental stewardship in…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Environmental Education, Outreach Programs
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Polikoff, Morgan S.; Petrilli, Michael J.; Loveless, Tom – Education Next, 2020
The Common Core State Standards, released in 2010, were rapidly adopted by more than 40 states. Champions maintained that these rigorous standards would transform American education, but the initiative went on to encounter a bumpy path. A decade on, what are we to make of this ambitious effort? What kind of impact, if any, has it had on the…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, National Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
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Loveless, Tom – Education Next, 2020
Education standards do not flop spectacularly. Their failure gives rise to nothing like the black-and-white films of early aeronautical experiments: no missiles exploding on launch pads or planes tumbling from the sky. But 10 years after 46 of the 50 states adopted the Common Core standards, the lack of evidence that they have improved student…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Academic Standards, Failure, Educational Policy
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Chloé Tolmatcheff; René Veenstra; Isabelle Roskam; Benoit Galand – Prevention Science, 2024
This study examined the relation between both implementation fidelity and quality and the outcomes of two different anti-bullying interventions targeting distinct processes involved in bullying: moral disengagement and social norms. In total, 34 French-speaking Belgian teachers from six elementary schools were trained to deliver either the moral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 4, Grade 5
Kayla Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study aimed to determine the impact of the Math Matters Program on student achievement in third- and fourth-grade math and to understand leaders' perceptions of the Math Matters Program. Researchers analyzed end-of-year or spring Northwest Evaluation Association and Measures of Academic Preparation math results across treatment and control…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Program Implementation, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Chelby Newbern – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study aimed to determine the impact of the Math Matters Program on student achievement in third- and fourth-grade math and to understand leaders' perceptions of the Math Matters Program. Researchers analyzed end-of-year or spring Northwest Evaluation Association and Measures of Academic Preparation math results across treatment and control…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Program Implementation, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
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Petrilli, Michael J. – Education Next, 2020
As an early Common Core booster, Michael Petrilli had hoped that by now--10 years after most states adopted the standards--the nation's schools would have logged tangible improvements in teaching and learning that resulted in higher student achievement. In this article, Petrilli reviews what Common Core is and discusses the work ahead that is…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Academic Standards, Educational Policy, Educational Change
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Hall, Garret J.; Schaefer, Patti; Hedges, Teri; Grodsky, Eric – School Psychology Review, 2022
Determining the effectiveness of core mathematics curricula is foundational to evidence-based practice. Examining effectiveness heterogeneity is also crucial to better understanding mathematics achievement among English language learners (ELLs). In this study, we used a quasi-experimental design (difference-in-differences) to examine the impact of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Comparative Analysis
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Polikoff, Morgan S. – Education Next, 2020
The 10th anniversary of Common Core's launch offers the opportunity to take stock of the impact these nearly national standards have had on student learning, as well as their future prospects. In this article, Morgan Polikoff shares his view that the standards movement in general, and Common Core in particular, have achieved all they are going to…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Academic Standards, Educational Policy, Educational Change
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Eileen G. Merritt; Andrea E. Weinberg; Candace Lapan; Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman – Grantee Submission, 2024
Energy concepts are taught in many schools, but children rarely have an opportunity to grapple with energy problems and work on their own solutions. This study explores the impacts of Connect Science, a service-learning (SL) program developed to enhance elementary students' energy literacy in the United States. Program impacts were explored within…
Descriptors: Science Education, Service Learning, Energy, Scientific Concepts
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Hall, Colby; Dahl-Leonard, Katlynn; Cannon, Grace – Exceptionality, 2022
This exploratory study examined the nature of instruction provided in two reading intervention programs designed for elementary-grade students with dyslexia (The Multisensory Teaching Approach and Reading RULES!). In addition to documenting the proportion of time dedicated to particular content components (i.e., letter-name knowledge, phonological…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
Natasha R. McClane; Dustin M. Hines; Toyree L. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the "Wit and Wisdom" ("WW") curriculum's impact on District A's student literacy in Tennessee, compare its effectiveness with similar districts, and analyze teacher perceptions, including variations in curriculum favorability, self-efficacy, and implementation. Spanning the academic…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Curriculum, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Implementation
Toyree L. Jones; Dustin M. Hines; Natasha R. McClane – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the "Wit and Wisdom" ("WW") curriculum's impact on District A's student literacy in Tennessee, compare its effectiveness with similar districts, and analyze teacher perceptions, including variations in curriculum favorability, self-efficacy, and implementation. Spanning the academic…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Curriculum, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Implementation
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