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Line, Curtis J., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Delaware Technical Community College (DTCC) is a two-year, open admission college that has served the needs of Delawareans for over 50 years. Throughout these years, low pass rates in certain developmental and gatekeeper courses have been a noticeable problem. Two such courses are Elementary Algebra (MAT020) and Anatomy & Physiology I…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Academic Achievement, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges
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Szabó, Fruzsina; Abari, Kálmán; Balajthy, Dániel; Polonyi, Tünde – Teaching English with Technology, 2022
When it comes to language learning and teaching, one of the major issues that needs to be tackled is the large differences between students in terms of school performance, especially socially disadvantaged children who tend to lag behind their peers. Research on language teaching tends to focus on the average learner, thus leaving little room for…
Descriptors: Gamification, Economically Disadvantaged, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Stewart, Molly S.; Good, Annalee G. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2016
Information and promotional marketing play central but complex roles in market-based educational programs. This in-depth qualitative study examines these complexities using the case of Supplemental Educational Services, a parental choice program providing federally funded tutoring to low-income students in K-12 public schools. Examining the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Public Schools, Focus Groups
Christensen, Brad D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
With reports alleging a sharp decline in student achievement in the last several years, there has been a call for higher standards in the United States education system. In response, with bipartisan support, politicians overwhelmingly passed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. NCLB, the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
US Department of Education, 2007
Since the passage of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (NCLB), the evidence that it is working has continued to grow. Because of this law, teachers and parents are getting the information and help they need to help every child reach his or her best in school--and as a result, student achievement is rising across America. While…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, School Choice
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2006
This is one of three documents constituting the mandated Interim Report on the National Assessment of Title I. This Executive Summary describes the studies that comprise the National Assessment of Title I and provides executive summaries of the findings of Volumes I and II. Volume I, Implementation of Title I, focuses on implementation of key…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Legislation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Nechworth, John; And Others – 1990
This report examines the impact of instructional programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act on the academic achievement of students served in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District during the 1989-90 school year. The Chapter 1 programs provided supplemental remedial instruction in reading/language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education
Moilanen, Carolyn; And Others – 1988
Project Special Elementary Education for the Disadvantaged (SEED) was implemented during 1986-87 and 1987-88 in 18 fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms in 8 of the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools to increase students' esteem for math learning and to improve mathematics achievement. It is a supplementary mathematics program applying Socratic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1985
In 1983-84, the Education Consolidation Improvement Act (E.C.I.A.), Chapter 1, Part B Institutionalized Facilities Program was sponsored jointly by the Division of Special Education and, for the first time, the Division of the High Schools of the New York City Public Schools. The program provided supplementary career education and daily living…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Delinquency
Maloney, Catherine; Sheehan, Daniel; Rainey, Katharine – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2010
The evaluation of the Texas Rural Technology (R-Tech) Pilot sought to understand how districts implemented R-Tech grants, the effects of implementation on student and teacher outcomes, as well as the cost effectiveness and sustainability of R-Tech. The Texas legislature (80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2007) authorized the creation of…
Descriptors: Time Factors (Learning), Outcome Measures, Student Participation, Online Surveys
Burnett, Gary – 1993
Since 1981, Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act has provided school districts with supplementary services funds for more than five million low-achieving students. Historically, schools have used "pull-out" programs to serve this population, but the provisions of the current legislation, the Hawkins-Stafford…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Martinez, Felipe; O'Day, Jennifer; Stecher, Brian; Taylor, James; Cook, Andrea – US Department of Education, 2007
This report presents findings about accountability from two longitudinal studies, the National Longitudinal Study of "No Child Left Behind" (NLS-"NCLB"), and the Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under "No Child Left Behind" (SSI-"NCLB"). The research teams for these two…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement
Maloney, Catherine; Sheehan, Daniel; Rainey, Katie – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2010
In 2007, the Texas Legislature (80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2007) authorized the creation of the Texas Rural Technology (R-Tech) Pilot program, which provides $8 million in funding to support rural districts in implementing technology-based supplemental education programs. In order to be eligible for funding, districts must have…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Laptop Computers, Summer Schools, Administrator Role
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National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2007
This report expands and updates the information provided in the "National Assessment of Title I Interim Report" that was released in April 2006. New data on the implementation of Title I are provided on the targeting and uses of Title I funds, services for private school students, characteristics of students participating in the school…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Poverty, Minority Groups, Remedial Instruction
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Stullich, Stephanie; Eisner, Elizabeth; McCrary, Joseph – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2007
This two-volume report, and Summary of Key Findings, presents findings from the congressionally mandated National Assessment of Title I on the implementation and impact of the program. Volume I contains key findings on the implementation of the program under No Child Left Behind, and Volume II [see ED499018] presents a report on follow-up findings…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction, Federal Legislation
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