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Roschelle, Jeremy; Murphy, Robert; Feng, Mingyu; Bakia, Marianne – Grantee Submission, 2017
In a rigorous evaluation of ASSISTments as an online homework support conducted in the state of Maine, SRI International reported that "the intervention significantly increased student scores on an end-of-the-year standardized mathematics assessment as compared with a control group that continued with existing homework practices."…
Descriptors: Homework, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size, Cost Effectiveness
Kostaris, Christoforos; Sergis, Stylianos; Sampson, Demetrios G.; Giannakos, Michail N.; Pelliccione, Lina – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
The emerging Flipped Classroom approach has been widely used to enhance teaching practices in many subject domains and educational levels, reporting promising results for enhancing student learning experiences. However, despite this encouraging body of research, the subject domain of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) teaching at…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Homework
Hammer, Patricia Cahape; Whisman, Andy – West Virginia Department of Education Office of Research, Accountability, and Data Governance, 2017
This evaluation study provides information about the implementation and outcomes of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program in West Virginia, from September 2015 through May 2016, in which 12,388 students participated overall. The report draws on information from online surveys of directors of thirty six 21st CCLC programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Standardized Tests
Delucchi, Giovanna Rita – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study addresses the need for after-school programs in urban communities, especially those in low, poor economic areas. Its purpose is to evaluate a three part after-school program in determining the effect on academic and social behaviors. This program design includes homework help, recreation and a multi-cultural component. The study seeks to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Homework, Research Design, Socialization
Cooper, Harris; Robinson, Jorgianne Civey; Patall, Erika A. – Review of Educational Research, 2006
In this article, research conducted in the United States since 1987 on the effects of homework is summarized. Studies are grouped into four research designs. The authors found that all studies, regardless of type, had design flaws. However, both within and across design types, there was generally consistent evidence for a positive influence of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Standardized Tests, Homework
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2007
What is homework? What value and benefit does it have for students? Some common perceptions from the students' perspective is that it is busy work, it takes away from other activities (i.e. sports, clubs, hanging out with friends, jobs, etc.), and/or it prevents them from getting as much sleep as they would like. From the teachers' perspective: it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Study Habits, Homework
Paige, Rod – 2001
This report presents U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige's "back to school" address to the National Press Club on September 4, 2001. Noting that little progress has been made despite $147 billion spent on federal education programs since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the speech discusses the principles of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of the Secretary. – 2001
This pamphlet for parents in English presents the components of the "No Child Left Behind" policy of the George W. Bush administration. Prefaced with remarks by President Bush and Secretary of Education Rod Paige, the pamphlet discusses the importance of high academic standards and provides guidance for parents in interpreting test…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of the Secretary. – 2001
This pamphlet for parents Spanish presents the components of the "No Child Left Behind" policy of the George W. Bush administration. Prefaced with remarks by President Bush and Secretary of Education Rod Paige, the pamphlet discusses the importance of high academic standards and provides guidance for parents in interpreting test scores.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education

Shultz, Eileen – PTA Today, 1995
Presents 10 major issues parents need to address effectively in order to advocate for their children's education (safety, discipline, practices and policies, grading, labels, bias, curriculum and schedules, standardized tests, homework, and subject anxiety). The article suggests appropriate questions to ask the schools. (SM)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Advocacy, Curriculum, Discipline Policy
Wahlstrom, Merlin W.; Danley, Raymond R. – 1976
Focusing on current elementary and secondary school assessment practices as reported by a representative group of teachers and principals across Ontario, this study was designed around the following components: (1) an examination of current practices of school boards, school staffs, and individual teachers in the assessment of student achievement;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Computer Oriented Programs, Diagnostic Tests
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2007
These Proceedings document an educational research forum held at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) on December 12, 2007. Table of contents and 23 research studies of high school teaching are included. Each paper contains a literature review, methodology, results, conclusions, and references. Studies include: (1) Cultural…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Cultural Awareness, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2012 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information
covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Adult Education