A critical issue in educator preparation is how to ascertain if program graduates are sufficiently prepared to be effective through the acquisition of meaningful evidence of graduates' impact on their students. Challenges to proving specific impact of educator-preparation programs on student learning include identifying and following program…

The present study investigated the cross-lagged associations between parents' attributions of ability and effort concerning their children's success and failure, and children's academic performance in kindergarten and primary school. Two hundred seven children and their parents were followed over three years. The parents completed a questionnaire…

This study examines the long term effects of a compensatory reading project, the Intensive Reading Instructional Team (IRIT), which has been validated both by the Education Department's Joint Dissemination and Review Panel and the Connecticut State Department of Education. A second purpose is to demonstrate to both the hosting district and to…