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Hart, Holly; Young, Christopher; Chen, Alicia; Zou, Andrew; Allensworth, Elaine M. – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2020
The "5Essentials Survey" is one of the few validated instruments to measure school climate. Schools that are strong in at least three of the five essential supports are up to 10 times more likely to experience substantial gains in students' math and reading scores. More than 6,000 schools nationwide have administered the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, School Districts, Surveys, Accountability
Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Pacchiano, Debra M.; Stein, Amanda G.; Wagner, Maureen R. – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2018
High-quality, well-implemented early childhood education (ECE) positively affects the learning trajectories of children who start school with lower skills than their peers, according to decades of evidence. Yet studies on ECE programs across the country reveal that too few offer high-quality programming. To date, the ECE field has focused most…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Teacher Surveys
Allensworth, Elaine M.; Clark, Kallie – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2019
High school GPAs (HSGPAs) are often perceived to represent inconsistent levels of readiness for college across high schools, while test scores (e.g., ACT scores) are seen as comparable. This study tests those assumptions, examining variation across high schools of both HSGPAs and ACT scores as measures of academic readiness for college. We find…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, High School Students, College Readiness, Scores
Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Pacchiano, Debra M.; Stein, Amanda G.; Wagner, Maureen R. – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2018
High-quality, well-implemented early childhood education (ECE) positively affects the learning trajectories of children who start school with lower skills than their peers, according to decades of evidence. Yet studies on ECE programs across the country reveal that too few offer high-quality programming. To date, the ECE field has focused most…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Teacher Surveys
Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Pacchiano, Debra M.; Stein, Amanda G.; Luppescu, Stuart – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2016
Decades of research evidence indicate that high-quality early education can positively affect the learning trajectories of disadvantaged young children. However, despite significant investments to improve what happens in the classroom, publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs continue to display instructional quality that is too weak to prepare…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Disadvantaged, Teacher Surveys