NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards1
Showing 1 to 15 of 789 results Save | Export
Anna Rosevsky Saavedra; Amie Rapaport – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
For many students, project-based learning (PBL) can be more engaging than more traditional instructional approaches. Over the past 15 years, Anna Saavedra and Amie Rapaport studied seven inquiry-based approaches. Their research shows that PBL has a positive effect on students' achievement and development of important soft skills. Schools can…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement
West Virginia Department of Education, 2023
To ensure each county board of education provides a thorough and efficient education for its students, the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) annually reviews county scorecards and efficiency profiles provided by the Office of Support & Accountability. County status is reviewed and determined based on multiple measures of student…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Program Evaluation, Counties, County School Districts
Rita R. Zota – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant program provides grants to students who are completing or plan to complete the coursework required to begin a career in teaching. As a condition for receiving a TEACH Grant, a recipient must teach for at least four years in a high-need field at an elementary or…
Descriptors: Grants, Student Educational Objectives, Occupational Aspiration, Teaching (Occupation)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Magdalena Pawlowski; Molly Bujold – Childhood Education, 2024
Building a strong and vibrant school community is a vital component of fostering an environment where students thrive academically, emotionally, and socially. The APPLE Schools (appleschools.ca) health promotion project identifies eight essential elements that provide a steady formula for cultivating this environment. Backed by world-class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Health Programs, School Community Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2023
Education officials have long hoped that the statewide academic assessments most students take each year could be used not only for accountability but also to guide instruction. Congress established the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) program in 2015 to help address this goal, offering up to seven states flexibility from…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Testing Programs, State Programs
Amaya Garcia; Bradley Carl; Conra D. Gist; Danielle Sanderson Edwards; Jason Greenberg Motamedi; Jennifer Seelig; Roey Ahram – New America, 2025
Grow Your Own (GYO) is a teacher recruitment and preparation strategy focused on developing and retaining teachers from the local community. GYO is often used to address teacher shortages and strengthen the teacher workforce; it relies on local community pathways and reciprocal relationships between institutions of higher education, community…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
Sonya Christian – California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2025
During the 2018-2019 legislative and budget cycle, the California State Legislature and Administration established the Student Equity and Achievement (SEA) Program, which was created to consolidate funding allocated for three distinct, but interconnected, categorical programs: (1) the Basic Skills Initiative; (2) the Student Equity Program and (3)…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Financial Support, Educational Finance
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Swanson, Elise; Culver, K. C.; Cole, Darnell; Rivera, Gwendelyn – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2021
In this practice brief, we offer recommendations for practitioners supporting low-income students, first-generation college students, students of color, and/or students who are academically underprepared. We focus specifically on practices related to students' psychosocial well-being. Our recommendations are based on a multiyear, mixed methods…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Cheek, Dennis – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2021
The pervasive nature of online learning worldwide necessitates the creation, administration, and improvement of quality assurance mechanisms for higher education institutions. This article delineates a number of principles regarding features of high quality online learning systems and principles related to assessment of student learning, teacher…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Online Courses, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kraft, Matthew A. – Educational Researcher, 2020
Researchers commonly interpret effect sizes by applying benchmarks proposed by Jacob Cohen over a half century ago. However, effects that are small by Cohen's standards are large relative to the impacts of most field-based interventions. These benchmarks also fail to consider important differences in study features, program costs, and scalability.…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Benchmarking, Educational Research, Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Besharov, Douglas J.; Call, Douglas M.; Scott, Jason M. – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
This project seeks to answer questions about the effectiveness of early childhood programs in meeting their important goals, paying careful attention to the effectiveness of program variations (especially in regard to particular demographic and economic target groups). This review will be guided by two overarching questions: (1) How effective are…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Academic Achievement
Hudgens, Tanée M.; Logis, Handrea A.; Leutscher, Trevor; Serdiouk, Marina; Barnett, Joshua H. – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2022
With more than two decades of on-the-ground experience impacting 300,000 educators and 3 million students, NIET's success is grounded in research. The success of NIET's work is evident in the positive findings from evaluations of impact. In NIET's 2022-23 Research Summary, we summarize findings from five new studies and highlight selected findings…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Capacity Building, Rural Schools
Britt, Jessica; Fein, David; Maynard, Rebecca; Warfield, Garrett – Grantee Submission, 2021
This case study describes a small randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing alternative strategies for monitoring and supporting academic achievement in Year Up's Professional Training Corps (PTC) program. Year Up is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preparing economically disadvantaged young adults for well-paying jobs with advancement…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Career Development
dela Cruz, William; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2021
The Texas Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) is the program administered through the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) grants. The Texas ACE Foundation Communities Cycle 9 program is composed of a compilation of activities at 3 AISD campuses that provide a comprehensive range of…
Descriptors: School Districts, After School Programs, Learning Activities, Academic Achievement
Kurtz, Michael D.; Conway, Karen S.; Mohr, Robert D. – Carsey School of Public Policy, 2021
Nationwide, over half a million children live in households that report very low food security among children, meaning a child is not eating enough, going hungry, skipping a meal, or not eating for a full day because the household can't afford food. School meals fill an important gap in meeting household food demand during the week but cannot meet…
Descriptors: Food, Security (Psychology), Hunger, Economically Disadvantaged
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  ...  |  53