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Christopher Doss; Elaine Wang; Jill Cannon – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: There has been a growing realization in American education that the traditional focus on academics, particularly mathematics and English language arts, is insufficient to guarantee success in the modern workforce and society (Griffin and Care, 2015). Educators, policymakers, and researchers have correspondingly broadened the…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Child Development, Skill Development, Preschool Children
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Zezhen Wu – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background/Context: Well-documented achievement gaps persist between members of disadvantaged social groups and their more advantaged peers (Domina et al., 2018; Harackiewicz et al., 2014; Musu-Gillette et al., 2017; Stoet & Geary, 2013). Certainly, systemic and structural factors explain most of these gaps; yet, there is another contributor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Socioeconomic Status, Social Influences
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Elaine Wang; John Pane; Nancy Nelson; Marissa Suhr; Hank Fien – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: Reading achievement declined drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic (Bailey et al., 2021). One report suggests more than one-third of fourth-grade students cannot read at a basic level and access to effective literacy instruction is particularly limited for minority students and students with learning disabilities (Ellis et…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Students with Disabilities, COVID-19
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Carl Sumi; Michelle Woodbridge; Elisa Garcia; Xin Wei; Patrick Thornton; Jennifer Nakamura – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background: Students who do not acquire social and emotional skills are at risk for a range of negative outcomes that include emotional and behavioral disabilities, lower school achievement and school failure, peer rejection, substance abuse, and school dropout (Downer & Pianta, 2006; Riggs et al., 2006 Quinn & Poirier, 2004). Tools for…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Emotional Learning, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
Abry, Tashia; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Hulleman, Chris S.; Thomas, Julie; Ko, Michelle – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
In the context of an experimental trial, the authors examined variability in treatment and control teachers' use of several "Responsive Classroom" (RC) practices to predict students' 4th grade academic achievement. Further, they examined the extent to which use of the "RC" practices is differentially important for subgroups of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Julie A. Edmunds; Lawrence Bernstein; Fatih Unlu; Elizabeth Glennie; Nina Arshavsky – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
To address concerns about low graduation rates and a lack of workforce readiness, states and districts have been experimenting with different models of high school reform. One of the most popular models has been the Early College High School (ECHS) model, small schools that blur the line between high school and college. Since 2002, over 200 ECHSs…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Graduation Rate, Program Effectiveness
Lee, Jonghwan; Judy, Justina – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The College Ambition Program (CAP) model was developed to support high schools in preparing their students to enter STEM fields. CAP includes four programmatic components: mentoring, course counseling and advising, college-related activities and workshops, and teacher professional development and instructional support. This study is part of a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Experimental Schools, Intervention, College Attendance
Unlu, Fatih; Yamaguchi, Ryoko; Bernstein, Larry; Edmunds, Julie – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This paper addresses methodological issues arising from an experimental study of North Carolina's Early College High School Initiative, a four-year longitudinal experimental study funded by Institute for Education Sciences. North Carolina implemented the Early College High School (ECHS) Initiative in response to low high school graduation rates.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, High School Students, Graduation Rate, Course Selection (Students)