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Reassessing "A Statewide Study of ECE and Non-ECE Schools on Reading Achievement, Grades 2 and 3, Based on the California Assessment Program Results."

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Hill, Richard; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977

This review of a previous article (TM 503 836), concludes that: (1) the evaluation methodology was straightforward; (2) simpler data analysis would have yielded the same conclusions; and (3) exclusion of many experimental schools from data analysis and use of post hoc matching and covariance produced misleading results. (CP)

Descriptors: Bias, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Primary Education

A Statewide Study of ECE and Non-ECE Schools on Reading Achievement, Grades 2 and 3, Based on the California Assessment Program Results.

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Isaac, Stephen – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977

An independent statewide study of 4,735 elementary schools, conducted after three years of the Early Childhood Education Program (ECE) in California, indicates that ECE schools have lower reading scores in grades 2 and 3 when compared to non-ECE schools. Five potential causes for this discrepancy are discussed. (CP)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Performance Factors, Primary Education

A Policy Analysis of Reading Achievement in ECE Schools and Non-ECE Schools.

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Acland, Henry – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977

Schools in California's Early Childhood Education Program (ECE) have lower reading achievement than non-ECE schools; furthermore, schools which are both ECE and Title I score below all others. Three alternative policies are discussed: (1) continued expansion; (2) gradual termination; and (3) stable funding, explaining score discrepancies, and…

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Policy, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness

Auditing a Large-Scale Evaluation: The Quality of Evaluative Information for the Assessment of Program Impact and for Decision-Making.

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Burstein, Leigh; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977

Activities of the California State Department of Education related to the Early Childhood Education Program were audited, specifically: (1) overall data management and processing; (2) information quality for the evaluation of program impact; (3) treatment of standardized test data; and (4) procedures for expansion funding and termination. (CP)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization