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Download full textZhu, Pei; Alterman, Emma; Commins, Nicholas; Nash, Peyton – MDRC, 2023
The Assessment-to-Instruction (A2i) Professional Support System has been shown to be effective in improving literacy proficiency among young readers by combining data-driven technology with professional development (PD) activities to help teachers provide personalized literacy instruction. To identify efficient ways to expand the reach of A2i,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Faculty Development, Literacy Education
Hossain, Farhana; Terwelp, Emily – MDRC, 2015
In 2008, New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) launched the Young Adult Literacy (YAL) program to improve the academic and work-readiness skills of youth who are not in school, do not have a job, and have very low literacy skills. The YAL program targets 16- to 24-year-old young adults who read at the fourth-through eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Urban Education
Somers, Marie-Andrée; Welbeck, Rashida; Grossman, Jean B.; Gooden, Susan – MDRC, 2015
This report examines the implementation and effects of the academic summer program for middle school students offered by Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL). BELL's middle school program serves rising sixth- through eighth-grade students who are performing one to two years below grade level. The goals of the program are to increase students'…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 8
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Grossman, Amanda; Cullinan, Dan – MDRC, 2014
For the nearly 39 million U.S. adults who do not have a high school diploma, the General Educational Development (GED) programs and exam have served as the main avenue for improving individuals' skills and helping them earn a high school credential. However, few students who start these programs ever get this credential, and even fewer advance to…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Tests, Thinking Skills, Writing Skills
