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Holmes, Ellen; Maiers, Staci – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Following the Department of Education's announcement of the $3.5 billion in Title I funding, 831 of the nation's "persistently lowest-achieving schools" received federal funding during the 2010-11 school year to embark on significant change in the form of a School Improvement Grant (U.S. Department of Education, 2010). The Department of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, School Effectiveness, Educational Improvement
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Barone, Diane – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2013
This article reports on Nevada's Reading First program and positions it as a source of reflection for future worldwide literacy reform efforts. Qualitative methodology was used for this analysis. Students' literacy achievement improved throughout the program until the last year of implementation. Students who remained at a Reading First school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Elementary Education
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Biancarosa, Gina; Bryk, Anthony S.; Dexter, Emily R. – Elementary School Journal, 2010
This article reports on a 4-year longitudinal study of the effects of Literacy Collaborative (LC), a school-wide reform model that relies primarily on the one-on-one coaching of teachers as a lever for improving student literacy learning. Kindergarten through second-grade students in 17 schools were assessed twice annually with DIBELS and Terra…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Educational Change, Effect Size, Literacy
Pivot Learning Partners, 2012
Situated in the heart of the fertile San Joaquin Valley twenty miles north of Fresno, the city of Madera has a population of 56,710 people. Agriculture is the driving force behind the local economy; the area produces more than 100 crops including raisin grapes, almonds, figs, pistachios, alfalfa, corn, milk, cattle and poultry. The total value of…
Descriptors: Poverty, Program Improvement, Standardized Tests, Population Growth