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Download full textRachel L. Schechter; Maddie Lee Mason; Laura Janakiefski – Online Submission, 2024
The ongoing literacy crisis in the U.S. highlights an urgent need for effective, scalable literacy instruction. REED Charitable Foundation (RCF) is a non-profit organization that provides structured literacy training informed by Orton-Gillingham, along with ongoing professional coaching and comprehensive implementation support to help all students…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains
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Direct linkSchildkamp, Kim; Rekers-Mombarg, Lyset T. M.; Harms, Truus J. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
At the end of secondary education in The Netherlands, students have to pass a final examination, consisting of an internal school-based assessment and an external national assessment. According to the Dutch inspectorate, to ensure the quality of final examinations, the discrepancy between both assessments must be less than 0.5 points (on a scale…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Achievement Gap
McShane, Michael Q.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2011
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive data regarding the test scores of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) students in grades 4, 8 and 10 in reading, math and science, as reported to the School Choice Demonstration Project 2009-2010. The tables, graphs, and histograms presented in this report provide a snapshot of these…
Descriptors: School Choice, Lunch Programs, Achievement Gains, Demonstration Programs
Petscher, Yaacov; Foorman, Barbara – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The current study will examine possible contextual effects relative to differences in reading comprehension performance in the state of Florida. While the Reading First (RF) Impact study examined such difference using a regression discontinuity design, the authors are primarily interested in other analytic methods that might answer different…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Criterion Referenced Tests, Comparative Analysis, Reading Programs
Dean, Jeffery R.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive data regarding the test scores of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) students in grades 4, 8 and 10 in reading, math, and science, as reported to the School Choice Demonstration Project 2008-2009. The tables, graphs, and histograms presented in this paper provide a snapshot of these…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, School Choice, Achievement Gains, Testing
Gray, Nathan L.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Jensen, Laura I. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive data regarding the test scores of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) students in grades 4, 8 and 10 in reading, math and science, as reported to the School Choice Demonstration Project 2007-2008. The tables, graphs, and histograms presented in this report provide a snapshot of these…
Descriptors: School Choice, Testing, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Education Next, 2004
Advocates of vouchers believe that public schools facing the threat of losing students and funding to private schools will take the measures necessary to raise student performance. Opponents worry that vouchers will actually leave public schools worse off by draining them of funds and encouraging the best students and the most involved parents to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Competition, Sanctions, Public Schools
PDF pending restorationAndrews, John; And Others – 1979
A review of evaluation forms designed to measure the effectiveness of teacher inservice workshops reveals the absence of a standardized, norm-referenced measurement instrument. The State of Texas Education Service Center (Region 20) has developed an instrument to meet the necessary research criteria. Applicability, ease of administration, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Anderson, Judith I. – 1991
In response to growing frustration over the lack of information about the national effectiveness of the Chapter 1 program, Congress enacted the Education Amendments of 1974. Section 151 of the Amendments directed the U.S. Office of Education to develop evaluation models that would allow school district data to be aggregated to provide national…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores
Spieth, Phillip E. – 1976
Career Education was introduced to Dade County, Florida schools three years ago. An evaluation was conducted of the elementary school level (Career Awareness) and at the junior high school level (Career Exploratory) during 1974-75. The results of that evaluation, while positive at the elementary level, were inconclusive at the junior high school…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Education
