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Do Learning Communities Effect Academic Outcomes? Evidence from an Experiment in a Community College
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Direct linkRichburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Visher, Mary G.; Bloom, Dan – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2008
Many postsecondary institutions utilize learning communities to increase social engagement and attachment to the college community. In recent years, these communities have proliferated as part of a trend fueled by low retention and persistence rates, increasing reluctance of 4-year institutions to provide remedial education, and pressure on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement
Download full textReardon, Sean F. – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
"How New York City's Charter Schools Affect Achievement" estimates the effects on student achievement of attending a New York City charter school rather than a traditional public school and investigates the characteristics of charter schools associated with the most positive effects on achievement. Because the report relies on an…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating
