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Maynard, Rebecca; Dong, Nianbo – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
This study empirically investigates the effectiveness of Distributed Leadership Teacher Training (DLT) program on improving student's academic achievement. In addition, it both tests the assumption that the year 1 impacts are stable across calendar years and examines the importance of properly accounting for the fact that the standard error of the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Sample Size
White, Larry J.; Hixson, Nate; Hammer, Patricia Cahape; Smith, Diana L.; D'Brot, Juan – West Virginia Department of Education, 2010
A study examined the impact of the "Closing the Achievement Gap" (CAG schools) program on the academic achievement of students in 30 schools serving high percentages of African American and economically disadvantaged students in West Virginia (WV), 2004-2008. The program assigned experienced educators, "CAG liaisons", to the…
Descriptors: African American Students, School Culture, Focus Groups, Economically Disadvantaged
MCCABE, ALICE R.; AND OTHERS – 1967
REPORTED IS AN INTENSIVE 2-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT CONDUCTED IN EAST HARLEM BY NEW YORK'S COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY TO EXAMINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A DEMONSTRATION SERVICE PROGRAM EMPLOYING GROUP METHODS IN ENCOURAGING THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Blacks, Control Groups