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Oyserman, Daphna; O'Donnell, S. Casey; Sorensen, Nicholas; Wingert, Kimberly M. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Students value school success but often experience classroom norms implying that learning is easy and succeeding in school is not difficult. Applying an identity-based motivation (IBM) lens highlights three ways succeed-with-ease-not-effort norms can undermine students' grades and increase their risk of course failure. Succeed-with-ease-not-effort…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Self Control, At Risk Students, Intervention
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Sheldon, Steven; Epstein, Joyce; Rice, Eric; Mac Iver, Douglas; Simmons, Adie – Grantee Submission, 2018
This case study focuses on one district's process of continuous improvement in family engagement. The improvement effort addresses the point at which family engagement tends to decline precipitously and students are particularly vulnerable--the transition into high school. In this article we analyze the implementation of a continuous improvement…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Transitional Programs, High School Students, Barriers
Fancsali, Cheri – Grantee Submission, 2021
Design2Learn (D2L) is a NYC-based afterschool program aimed at increasing middle school students' interest, engagement, and achievement in science. Designed by ExpandED Schools, D2L centers around three core strategies: (1) collaborative teaching between an in-school science teacher and two afterschool educators; (2) curricular bridging, which…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Science Education, Middle School Students, Minority Group Students
Tedra F. Clark; Joshua Stewart – Grantee Submission, 2017
Middle school serves as a key milestone for pre-algebra mastery, enabling students to be successful in high school algebra. Yet, at the point when students should be transitioning from learning arithmetic to learning mathematics, many are unprepared in fundamental mathematics concepts that strongly predict algebra achievement. Because mastering…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Prediction, Algebra
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Byrnes, Vaughan; Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Clark, Emily – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study used comparative interrupted times series analyses to assess the impact of a continuous improvement-focused family engagement intervention on ninth grade attendance and course passing rates. The intervention, conducted in an urban district, sought to improve middle and high school family engagement practices during the transition to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Family Involvement, Grade 9, Attendance
Horowitz, Eric; Sorensen, Nicholas; Yoder, Nicholas; Oyserman, Daphna – Grantee Submission, 2018
Classroom activities aimed at changing students' identity-based motivation (IBM) improve student outcomes by helping students experience school as the path to their adult future identities and their difficulties along the way as signals of the importance of schoolwork. One way to scale these effects would be to have teachers deliver IBM…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Identification (Psychology), Learning Activities, Intervention
Flowers, Nancy; Carpenter, Dawn M. H.; Begum, Shahana – Grantee Submission, 2018
The Middle-Grades Leadership Development (MLD) Project was designed to develop principal leaders and leadership teams who create high-performing middle-grades schools. Designed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, the four-year project was funded from 2013 to 2017 by a U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3)…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Leadership Training, Principals, Grants
Efficacy of the Check & Connect Mentoring Program for At-Risk General Education High School Students
Heppen, Jessica B.; Zeiser, Kristina; Holtzman, Deborah J.; O'Cummings, Mindee; Christenson, Sandra; Pohl, Angie – Grantee Submission, 2017
Although graduation rates are rising, the high school dropout problem remains a national crisis, and evidence-based information about interventions for at-risk students is critically needed. Prior research shows that Check & Connect, an individualized mentoring program, has positive effects on school persistence and progression for students…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Mentors, Urban Areas
Vincent, Claudia G.; Tobin, Tary J.; Van Ryzin, Mark J. – Grantee Submission, 2017
The Native Community strongly recommends integrating Native language and culture (NLC) into reading instruction to improve outcomes for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students. However, little is known about the extent to which recommended practices are used and what might facilitate their implementation. The National Indian Education Study…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Culturally Relevant Education
Holliday, Lisa; Philp, Joel – Grantee Submission, 2015
In 2010, Iredell-Statesville Schools was awarded an Investing in Innovation grant (i3) from the Office of Innovation and Improvement within the Federal Department of Education. Collaborative Organizational Model to Promote Aligned Support Structures (COMPASS) is a development grant that seeks to meet the needs of students with disabilities,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Disabilities, At Risk Students, Limited English Speaking