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Kelcey, Ben; Spybrook, Jessaca; Dong, Nianbo; Bai, Fangxing – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2020
Professional development for teachers is regarded as one of the principal pathways through which we can understand and cultivate effective teaching and improve student outcomes. A critical component of studies that seek to improve teaching through professional development is the detailed assessment of the intermediate teacher development processes…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Research, Randomized Controlled Trials, Research Design
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Stallasch, Sophie E.; Lüdtke, Oliver; Artelt, Cordula; Brunner, Martin – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
To plan cluster-randomized trials with sufficient statistical power to detect intervention effects on student achievement, researchers need multilevel design parameters, including measures of between-classroom and between-school differences and the amounts of variance explained by covariates at the student, classroom, and school level. Previous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention, Educational Research
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Brunner, Martin; Keller, Ulrich; Wenger, Marina; Fischbach, Antoine; Lüdtke, Oliver – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2018
To plan group-randomized trials where treatment conditions are assigned to schools, researchers need design parameters that provide information about between-school differences in outcomes as well as the amount of variance that can be explained by covariates at the student (L1) and school (L2) levels. Most previous research has offered these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Psychological Patterns, Learning Strategies
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Kisida, Brian; Bowen, Daniel H.; Greene, Jay P. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Research shows that participation in school-based arts education has declined over the past decade. A problem for the arts' role in education has been a lack of rigorous scholarship that demonstrates educational benefits. A component of this problem has been a lack of available data. In this study, we use original data collected through a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Arts Centers, Art, Museums
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Maynard, Brandy R.; Kjellstrand, Elizabeth K.; Thompson, Aaron M. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
The present study evaluates the effectiveness of Check & Connect (C&C) in a randomly assigned sample of students who were all receiving Communities in Schools (CIS) services. The research questions for the study include: Are there differences in attendance, academics, and behavior for CIS students who also receive C&C compared to…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Secondary School Students, Urban Schools
Mills, Jonathan N.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2016
The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) is a statewide initiative offering publicly-funded vouchers to enroll in local private schools to students in low-performing schools with family income no greater than 250 percent of the poverty line. Initially established in 2008 as a pilot program in New Orleans, the LSP was expanded statewide in 2012.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Vouchers, Randomized Controlled Trials, Scholarships