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Quint, Janet; Zhu, Pei; Balu, Rekha; Rappaport, Shelley; DeLaurentis, Micah – MDRC, 2015
Success for All (SFA), one of the best-known school reform models, aims to improve the reading skills of all children but is especially directed at schools that serve large numbers of students from low-income families. First implemented in 1987, SFA combines a challenging reading program, whole-school reform elements, and an emphasis on continuous…
Descriptors: Models, Educational Change, Program Implementation, Reading Instruction
Quint, Janet; Zhu, Pei; Balu, Rekha; Rappaport, Shelley; DeLaurentis, Micah – MDRC, 2015
Success for All (SFA), one of the best-known school reform models, aims to improve the reading skills of all children but is especially directed at schools that serve large numbers of students from low-income families. First implemented in 1987, SFA combines a challenging reading program, whole-school reform elements, and an emphasis on continuous…
Descriptors: Models, Educational Change, Program Implementation, Reading Instruction
Theodos, Brett; Pergamit, Michael R.; Edelstein, Sara; George, Taz; Freiman, Lesley – Urban Institute, 2014
This report presents baseline and process study findings of an evaluation of the Urban Alliance high school internship program, which provides training, mentoring, and work experience to high school seniors from distressed communities in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Chicago. The report, which focuses on the program's…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Internship Programs
Ewing-Taylor, Jacque M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A longitudinal evaluation study of a science professional development program for K-12 teachers was conducted using the CIPP evaluation model. Eleven years of program data were described and analyzed. Elementary teachers comprised 62% of the 384 participants, 17% of all participants were middle school teachers, and 13% of all participants were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
Quint, Janet C.; Balu, Rekha; DeLaurentis, Micah; Rappaport, Shelley; Smith, Thomas J.; Zhu, Pei – MDRC, 2013
First implemented in 1987, Success for All (SFA) is one of the best-known and most thoroughly evaluated school reform models. It combines three basic elements: (1) Reading instruction that emphasizes phonics for beginning readers and comprehension for students at all levels, and that is characterized by a highly structured curriculum, an emphasis…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Models, Change Strategies, Educational Innovation
Jones, Paul E. – 1979
Secondary teacher education programs were surveyed in order to determine: (1) How widespread is the use of microteaching? (2) Where is microteaching found within the programs? (3) How are selected operational features of microteaching used? (4) With what frequency are selected operational features used? It was found that the number of secondary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Aids, Microteaching, Program Evaluation

Harney, M. K.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1986
Developed and systematically evaluated a prototype set of procedures called the Freshman Athlete Scholastic Training (FAST) program. Describes the design of this applied program and evaluates its efficacy in improving the academic performance of freshman student athletes, male and female, from a variety of athletic programs. The FAST program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletes, College Freshmen, Higher Education
Spaulding, Robert L. – 1980
The impact of Teacher Corps inservice training on classroom management and instruction is outlined. Various indexes and measures of presage and process variables are described and their probable influence on student achievement in reading and mathematics is specified in a series of hypotheses. The relationships of presage variables to process…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Individual Needs, Inservice Teacher Education
Adey, Philip S. – 1997
Educational research has all too often failed to be implemented on a large-scale basis. This paper describes the multiplier effect of a professional development program for teachers and for trainers in the United Kingdom, and how that program was developed, monitored, and evaluated. Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) is a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Thieme-Busch, Carolyn A.; Prom, Sukai E. – 1983
A study evaluated an adaption of the Stallings Process of Teaching Reading in Secondary Schools in a large urban public school system. This inservice training program is designed to increase teachers' effective use of time. The program is composed of pre-training observations and resulting feedback on needed improvements in classroom behavior,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Urban, Stanley J.; Hauselt, Jerry, Jr. – 1998
This report discusses the outcomes of a New Jersey program designed to implement a responsible model for including students with disabilities into general education sixth, seventh, and eight grade classrooms. A major element of the "Toward Inclusive Education" (TIE) project included an intensive 2-week inservice program provided during…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
Wise, Arthur E. – 1973
The Training Program for Urban School Research and Evaluation Personnel was a highly selective program for preparing partially-trained students for research work in urban education. The University of Chicago held a proposal competition for students in the Department of Education and related departments. From among those submitting research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Educational Programs
National Center for Construction Education and Research, Gainesville, FL. – 2001
This document contains guidelines for the administration and accreditation of the standardized craft training process that was developed by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) in partnership with various sectors of the construction and maintenance industries. The following are among the topics discussed in Chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies