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Silk, Yael; Silver, David; Amerian, Stephanie; Nishimura, Claire; Boscardin, Christy – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
The goal of this study was to test the effectiveness of WestEd's Reading Apprenticeship (RA) professional development program on teacher practices and student learning. The professional development is designed to teach high school teachers how to integrate subject-specific literacy instruction into their regular curricula. The CRESST researchers…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reading Comprehension, Metacognition, Biology
Silk, Yael; Silver, David; Amerian, Stephanie; Nishimura, Claire; Boscardin, Christy Kim – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
This report describes a classroom artifact measure and presents early findings from an efficacy study of WestEd's Reading Apprenticeship (RA) professional development program. The professional development is designed to teach high school teachers how to integrate subject-specific literacy instruction into their regular curricula. The current RA…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Academic Achievement, Integrated Curriculum
Mitchell, Stephanie; Wile, Nancy – 2002
This report documents the evaluation of selected Portland, Oregon, Public Schools elementary and middle school literacy instructional programs and professional development models in 2000-2001. The literacy evolution examined the use of four reading intervention programs and professional development models as well as district adoptions of publisher…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Literacy, Middle Schools