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Dumas, Denis; McNeish, Daniel; Greene, Jeffrey A. – Educational Psychologist, 2020
Scholars have lamented that current methods of assessing student performance do not align with contemporary views of learning as situated within students, contexts, and time. Here, we introduce and describe one theoretical--psychometric paradigm--termed "dynamic measurement"--designed to provide a valid representation of the way students…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Psychometrics, Educational Psychology, Student Evaluation
Courtney McClendon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
School districts choose programs based on limited data, word of mouth, or cost-effectiveness. STEM-based schools often choose project-based learning (PBL) programs to deliver curricula through limited research and word of mouth effectiveness. This study evaluated one PBL program implementation in the context of a suburban Texas middle school by…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Program Evaluation, STEM Education
James Soland; Yeow Meng Thum – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
Effect sizes in the Cohen's d family are often used in education to compare estimates across studies, measures, and sample sizes. For example, effect sizes are used to compare gains in achievement students make over time, either in pre- and post-treatment studies or in the absence of intervention, such as when estimating achievement gaps. However,…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Gender Differences
Carolyn A. Franklin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this longitudinal, mixed methods quasi-experimental study was to investigate the impact of balanced literacy coaching on teacher efficacy, practices, beliefs, and student achievement. The participants were third- through sixth-grade teachers from five elementary schools within the same south suburban Chicago public school district.…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Grade 3
Morrison, Jennifer R.; Wolf, Betsy; Ross, Steven M.; Risman, K. L.; McLemore, Caitlin C. – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2019
The purpose of the present study was to gather summative and formative data related to the implementation of Zearn Math during the first year of a two-year study. The sample included students in a large urban school district comprised of predominantly African American (58%) and Hispanic (28%) students. Roughly 90% of students are economically…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
Borman, Trisha H.; Bos, Johannes M.; O'Brien, Brenna C.; Park, So Jung; Liu, Feng – American Institutes for Research, 2018
The Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) model is a comprehensive, strength-based approach to education that aims to improve achievement for all students by improving a school's effectiveness at building relationships, leveraging real-time student data, and capitalizing on the strengths of each student. The U.S. Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Models, Program Effectiveness, High Schools, Program Evaluation