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Download full textSchochet, Owen; Li, Ann; Del Grosso, Patricia; Aikens, Nikki; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Toni, Porter; Bromer, Juliet – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2022
In 2019, more than 5 million providers cared for one or more children either in their own home or in a child's home. Home-based child care (HBCC) providers are a varied group that includes both listed providers and unlisted providers who do and do not receive payment. HBCC is especially prevalent in communities of color, communities with high…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Caregivers, Family Environment, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedGamse, Beth C.; Jacob, Robin Tepper; Horst, Megan; Boulay, Beth; Unlu, Fatih – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2008
This document provides an executive summary of "Reading First Impact Study. Final Report. NCEE 2009-4038." The final report presents findings from the third and final year of the Reading First Impact Study (RFIS), a congressionally mandated evaluation of the federal government's initiative to help all children read at or above grade…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, State Programs, Federal Legislation, Phonemic Awareness
Direct linkSlavin, Robert E.; Lake, Cynthia; Chambers, Bette; Cheung, Alan; Davis, Susan – Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education, 2009
This article systematically reviews research on the achievement outcomes of four types of approaches to improving the beginning reading success of children in kindergarten and first grade: Reading curricula, instructional technology, instructional process programs, and combinations of curricula and instructional process. Study inclusion criteria…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Beginning Reading, Reading Programs
Berry, Barnett; Fuller, Ed – Center for Teaching Quality, 2007
Over the last two decades, researchers have presented convincing evidence that teachers are an important key to school improvement and to closing the student achievement gap. However, ensuring that all students are taught by quality teachers--those with the right talent, skills, and experience--is not enough. Teachers--even the best of them--must…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
National Education Commission on Time and Learning, Washington, DC. – 1994
The Education Council Act of 1991 established the National Education Commission on Time and Learning as an independent advisory body and called for a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in U.S. schools. This document serves as a supplementary volume to the commission's first report released in May 1994, which found…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Kane, Cheryl M. – 1994
The Education Council Act of 1991 Established the National Education Commission on Time and Learning as an independent advisory body and called for a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in American schools. The commission's report, released in May 1994, found that school reform is destined to founder unless programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Rasberry, Quinn – 1992
The concept of an extended school year was first defined in "A Nation at Risk," which recommended lengthening the school calendar to 200-220 days per year (compared to the current average of about 180 days). Little research is available to prove the benefits of an extended calendar, and many question if this practice is a cost-effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cost Effectiveness, Dropout Rate
