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Direct linkAlexander, Karl, Ed.; Pitcock, Sarah, Ed.; Boulay, Matthew C., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2016
This book is an authoritative examination of summer learning loss, featuring original contributions by scholars and practitioners at the forefront of the movement to understand--and stem--the "summer slide." The contributors provide an up-to-date account of what research has to say about summer learning loss, the conditions in low-income…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Summer Programs, Enrichment Activities, Achievement Gap
Nath, Janice, Ed.; Guadarrama, Irma N., Ed.; Ramsey, John, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Investigating University-School Partnerships: A Volume in Professional Development School Research, the fourth book in the PDS Research Series developed by the same editors, includes a collection of organized papers that represent the best and latest examples of practitioner thinking, research, and program design and evaluation in the field at the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Urban Teaching, Professional Development Schools, Mentors
Lokan, Jan, Ed. – 1997
This book contains information about the implementation processes of curricular reform in each Australian state and territory and views about these, obtained from several sources as part of a study commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) in mid-1995. Each State and Territory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation
Download full textSwing, Randy L., Ed. – 2001
The essays in this collection, initially written for an online audience, focus on the philosophy, methods, and outcomes of assessing the first-year experience of college students. Several recurrent themes highlight general agreement about best practices in first-year assessment, but the collection contains some differences of opinion also. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Educational Environment, Educational Experience
Peer reviewedCalvert, Donald R., Ed. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1981
The special issue with 21 articles reports a study by the Central Institute of the Deaf (Missouri) to design a small, "ideal" program for elementary age deaf children, given the condition that cost, staff, materials, and space were no problems. (SB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum, Deafness, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedLocurto, Charles; And Others – Intelligence, 1991
Effects of preschool education beyond increase in intelligence quotient (IQ) are explored. The conclusion that preschool programs engender relatively few lasting beyond-IQ effects is challenged by L. J. Schweinhart and D. P. Weikart in their response contending that preschool education enhances general competence throughout life. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Intervention, Educationally Disadvantaged, Intelligence Quotient
Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Joyner, Edward T., Ed.; Ben-Avie, Michael, Ed.; Comer, James P., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2004
For more than 35 years, the Yale School Development Program (SDP) has been pioneering the Comer Process for planned change in schools. From initial planning and preparation, through foundation building, transformation, institutionalization, and renewal, the Comer Process provides school leaders with a comprehensive and effective framework for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Parents, Instructional Leadership, Administrative Organization
Millman, Jason, Ed. – 1997
The 24 chapters of this collection discuss contemporary approaches to using student learning gains to evaluating teachers or schools. The four methods considered are: (1) the Oregon Teacher Work Sample Methodology (chapters 2 through 6); (2) the Dallas Value-Added Accountability System (Texas) (chapters 7 through 11); (3) the Tennessee Value-Added…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Ohia, Uche; Walker, Eleanor; Cook, Hardy; Hughes, Patricia – 2000
This paper presents reports on four evaluations conducted at Bowie State University, Maryland, a historically Black university. These assessment activities provide pointers to the quality of student preparation at Bowie State University. The first evaluation strand is "Assessment of Critical Thinking Skills of Nursing Students Using a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Students
2001
This symposium on university programs consists of three presentations. "Institutional and Curricular Characteristics of Leading Graduate Human Resource Development (HRD) Programs in the United States" (K. Peter Kuchinke) reports a study on institutional arrangements, student enrollments, and core curriculum content and found a large…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, College Students
Hill, Paul T., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers reviews the national debate over school choice, examining the benefits for parents, children, and schools and showing how properly designed choice programs can prevent the harmful outcomes choice opponents fear. The papers discuss why choice must be addressed in the context of the real-world performance of public schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. School of Education. – 1980
The papers presented in this volume are the team research reports of the Joint Hampton-Michigan Program conducted in 1979-1980 for junior faculty members of the Hampton Institute (Virginia) and graduate students and faculty members of the University of Michigan. The titles of the papers are: (1) Social and Economic Implications of Teacher Training…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Literature, Black Teachers
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. – 1995
Since its inception in 1988, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) has monitored U.S. participation in those cross national comparative studies in education that are funded by its sponsors, the National Science Foundation and the National Center for Education Statistics. This set of international study descriptions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Radencich, Marguerite C., Ed. – 1994
The following articles are included: "Reconceptualizing the Language of Adult Literacy" (Ilsley, Stahl); "Expanding the Definition of Literacy for Adult Remedial Readers" (Heathington); "Adult Literacy Programs" (Davis); "Stages in the Reading Development of Adults" (Norman, Malicky); "Reading Concepts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
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