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A Meta-Analysis of Class Sizes and Ratios in Early Childhood Education Programs: Are Thresholds of Quality Associated with Greater Impacts on Cognitive, Achievement, and Socioemotional Outcomes?
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Bowne, Jocelyn Bonnes; Magnuson, Katherine A.; Schindler, Holly S.; Duncan, Greg J.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
This study uses data from a comprehensive database of U.S. early childhood education program evaluations published between 1960 and 2007 to evaluate the relationship between class size, child-teacher ratio, and program effect sizes for cognitive, achievement, and socioemotional outcomes. Both class size and child-teacher ratio showed nonlinear…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Class Size, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Student Ratio
Within-Year Fidelity Growth of SWPBIS during Installation and Initial Implementation
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Schaper, Andrew; McIntosh, Kent; Hoselton, Robert – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
The purpose of this study was to document within-year fidelity growth during installation and initial implementation of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). Participants included school teams from schools throughout the United States that were in years 1 to 4 of SWPBIS implementation and routinely evaluated their…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Program Evaluation
Within-Year Fidelity Growth of SWPBIS during Installation and Initial Implementation
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Schaper, Andrew; McIntosh, Kent; Hoselton, Robert – Grantee Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study was to document within-year fidelity growth during installation and initial implementation of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). Participants included school teams from schools throughout the United States that were in years one to four of SWPBIS implementation and routinely evaluated…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Positive Behavior Supports, Check Lists
Assessing Student Achievement in Large-Scale Educational Programs Using Hierarchical Propensity Scores
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Vaughan, Angela L.; Lalonde, Trent L.; Jenkins-Guarnieri, Michael A. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
Many researchers assessing the efficacy of educational programs face challenges due to issues with non-randomization and the likelihood of dependence between nested subjects. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate a rigorous research methodology using a hierarchical propensity score matching method that can be utilized in contexts where…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Outward Bound Outcome Model Validation and Multilevel Modeling
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Luo, Yuan-Chun – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study was intended to measure construct validity for the Outward Bound Outcomes Instrument (OBOI) and to predict outcome achievement from individual characteristics and course attributes using multilevel modeling. A sample of 2,340 participants was collected by Outward Bound USA between May and September 2009 using the OBOI. Two phases of…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Individual Characteristics, Adventure Education, Leadership
How Does Fidelity of Implementation Matter? Using Multilevel Models to Detect Relationships between Participant Outcomes and the Delivery and Receipt of Treatment
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Zvoch, Keith – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
Multilevel modeling techniques facilitated examination of relationships between fidelity indicators and outcomes associated with a summer literacy intervention. Three-level growth models were specified to capture the extent to which students experienced instruction and to demonstrate the ways in which dosage-response relationships manifest in…
Descriptors: Literacy, Summer Programs, College School Cooperation, Intervention