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Cheung, Alan C. K.; Slavin, Robert E. – AERA Open, 2016
This study examined the effects of the Success for All (SFA) whole-school reform approach on student reading achievement. The data were collected for the Study of Instructional Improvement by the University of Michigan, which did not previously report the achievement outcomes in detail but did make the data available online. Using propensity…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
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Miller, Robin Lin; King, Jean; Mark, Melvin – American Journal of Evaluation, 2008
Over the past 6 years, the Oral History Project Team has conducted interviews with individuals who have influenced the theory and practice of evaluation. In 2006, Robin Miller, with the help of Christian Coryn of The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University (WMU), and Daniela Schroeter, also at the Center, sat down with widely regarded…
Descriptors: Oral History, Program Evaluation, Personnel Evaluation, Interdisciplinary Approach
Battle Creek Public Schools, MI. – 1973
A series of structured experiences in a wilderness setting was used to generate changes in the feelings and attitudes of students and faculty in the 7th grade classes in the Battle Creek, Michigan Public Schools. The objectives of the project were to reverse racial separatism; reduce racially related, negative black/white incidents, to increase…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cognitive Development, Grade 7, Objectives
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1971
Testimony was presented at these hearings by the following witnesses: Ronald Edmonds, assistant superintendent, School and Community Affairs, Michigan Department of Education; Dr. Daniel H. Kruger, professor, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University; Robert McKerr, associate superintendent, Business and Finance, Michigan…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Diagnosis
Prince, Henry J. – 1974
An external evaluation reporting on the Title III, Elementary and Secondary Act, Open Concept School Program for Indian Education, focuses on cognitive and psychomotor development of experimental students, perceptions of the program (staff members, parents, and non-experimental teachers), and program accomplishment of other objectives, primarily…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
Boyd, Ja Mille; And Others – 1975
The testing program of the Royal Oak (Michigan) School District was examined and evaluated under agreement of the Royal Oak Teachers Association and the Administration of the Royal Oak School District. A committee was formed of people knowledgeable of the program and/or specialists in evaluation and testing. This study represents two days of…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination, Interviews
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1970
This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education