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Washington State Board of Education, 2024
The Washington State Board of Education (SBE) issues an annual report to the Governor, the Legislature, and the public, in accordance with the Charter School Act, RCW 28A.710.250. The statute requires the annual charter school report to include the following: (1) The performance of the state's charter schools during the prior school year,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Performance, Academic Achievement, Educational Legislation
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Edwards, Danielle Sanderson – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2022
School transportation may increase student outcomes by providing a reliable and safe means of getting to and from school. Little evidence of the effects of such policies exists. In this paper, I provide some of the first causal evidence of transportation impacts on student attendance and achievement using a rich panel of student-level enrollment…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Public Schools
Rosado, Jacqueline – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Schools have made efforts to improve outcomes for poor, Black, and Latino students, but disparities persist. Education policies in the United States are not addressing the structural inequities in schools and any external influences that contribute to the low achievement of Black, and Latino students living in poverty. The research in this study…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Clinics, Public Schools, Access to Health Care
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Bastian, Kevin C.; Fuller, Sarah C. – AERA Open, 2018
We contribute to the school start time literature by using statewide student-level data from North Carolina to estimate start time effects for all students and for traditionally disadvantaged students. Descriptively, we found that urban high schools were likely to start very early or late. Later start times were associated with positive student…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Academic Achievement, High School Students, Learner Engagement
Steinberg, Matthew P.; Lacoe, Johanna – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2017
One important question about school discipline is whether it helps or harms those being disciplined. But a second, equally important question is whether a push to reduce the number of suspensions is harmful to the rule-abiding majority. This study examines outcomes in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP), which made dramatic changes to its…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, School Policy, School Districts, Urban Schools
Marek, Stephanie; Faude, Sarah; Muncey, Donna; Kistner, Alexandra; Píriz, Dionisio García; Williams, Ryan; Therriault, Susan – American Institutes for Research, 2017
Expanded learning time (ELT) is a practice that entails increasing the length of the school day for all students, with the goal of improving student outcomes, especially in low-performing schools. Boston Public Schools (BPS) has been implementing ELT as an improvement strategy in low-performing schools since 2006. In 2015 the district drastically…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Extended School Day, Elementary Schools, Program Implementation
Oregon Department of Education, 2016
This report highlights several trends in Oregon that show the correlation between chronic absenteeism and various academic outcomes. Oregon student patterns follow the national trend in that students with better attendance have better outcomes. Fifth-grade chronic absenteeism is a moderately strong predictor of chronic absenteeism in subsequent…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education
Oregon Department of Education, 2020
The Oregon Department of Education has prepared this 2020 report on American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Students in Oregon after feedback on the original report issued in November 2017 (ED591048) from Oregon's nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon and other parties. This report includes additional indicators such as homelessness, mobility…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Public Education
Oregon Department of Education, 2017
The American Indian/Alaska Native Students in Oregon report has been prepared by the Office of Accountability, Research and Information Services for the Advisor to the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction on Indian Education. It is being made available to the public and interested stakeholders to further conversations about improving…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Public Education
Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2018
This study hypothesized that HISD prekindergarten participation consistently correlated with better educational outcomes for students. Taking into account students' age differences through kindergarten enrollment, propensity score matching controlled for students' background characteristics. Three cohorts of students in this study were eligible or…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Language Arts
Wilson, Sheena – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental study was to determine if and to what extent a difference existed in the percentage of African American students, percentage of economically disadvantaged students, and students' attendance rate in elementary schools that made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and those that did not make AYP in one…
Descriptors: African American Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Attendance, Attendance Patterns
Cook, Rose; Rutt, Simon; Sims, David – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2014
The interaction between deprivation and education is a critical relationship with profound implications for a country's economic prosperity and the social mobility of its citizens. This is highlighted by the Welsh Government which states that: "A good education is critical to better life chances and a commitment to achieving this has been an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educationally Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Oregon Department of Education, 2016
The Oregon English Language Learner Report is an annual publication required by law (ORS 327.016). This report provides financial information for English language learner (ELL) programs, the objectives and needs of students eligible for and enrolled in an English language learner program, and provides information on the demographics of students in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Finance
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Hall, Katrina W.; Williams, Lunetta M.; Daniel, Larry G. – Research in the Schools, 2010
The present study investigated perceived effects of an afterschool program located in 6 Title 1 schools on students' achievement, self-esteem, and attitudes. Data sources comprised surveys (n = 257), 5 focus groups (n= 23), and an individual interview with the program director (n = 1). Survey data indicated overall satisfaction with the program.…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Student Participation, After School Programs
Govinda, R.; Bandyopadhyay, Madhumita – Online Submission, 2011
In the era of globalisation, provision of quality education is increasingly gaining importance across the world. Like elsewhere, it has already been realised in India that equal attention is needed simultaneously on access, equity and quality to achieve the goal of universalisation of elementary education. It has also been experienced that…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Educational Quality
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