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Szatrowski, Alisa; Rickel, Jessica; Rosemond, Charlie – Online Submission, 2022
Analysis of consistent Zearn Math users and a comparable group of non-users in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) shows that students who used Zearn Math consistently had higher levels of academic growth than similar students with low- or no-usage. This analysis used two quasi-experimental methods, Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM) and fixed…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Public Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Teaching Methods
Schechter, Rachel L.; Chase, Paul – Online Submission, 2022
The engage2learn approach to educator support provides an in-person and virtual coaching system that builds capacity and engagement in public schools. Engage2learn hired LXD Research to conduct an independent evaluation and analysis of NWEA Math and Reading data collected during the 2021-2022 school year. The goal was to measure how engage2learn…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Best Practices, Teaching Methods
Wylie, Cathy; Hodgen, Edith – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020
2019 was the third year that the Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey (TSP) was available for free use by schools. The questions in this survey draw on a strong body of evidence about effective practices. The TSP asks teachers and principals to rate how often a practice occurs or how well the practice is done. This 2019…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Leadership Styles, Principals
Gaebel, Michael; Zhang, Thérèse; Stoeber, Henriette; Morrisroe, Alison – European University Association, 2021
In Europe today, almost every higher education institution uses digitally enhanced learning and teaching. Since EUA began exploring this topic in 2013, digitally enhanced learning and teaching has been further embraced by higher education institutions across Europe, with general acceptance growing and institutions widely acknowledging the benefits…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Information Technology
Wang, Crystal; Christian, Cinda; Hasty, Brent – Online Submission, 2015
The Creative Learning Initiative (CLI), a collective impact partnership among the Austin Independent School District (AISD), the city of Austin, and MINDPOP (an arts partnership dedicated to expanding creative learning in Austin and representing over 50 arts and cultural agencies), created arts-rich schools at a rate that exceeded the benchmark…
Descriptors: School Districts, Creative Teaching, Creativity, Partnerships in Education
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Meyer, Stephen J. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2016
The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of field experiences in traditional teacher preparation programs completed by first-year teachers in Missouri and how experiences vary by teaching certificate type. This descriptive study is based on data from a survey administered in early 2015 to first-year teachers in Missouri public…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Beginning Teachers, Public School Teachers, Student Teaching
Houston Independent School District, 2015
No other city in the nation more clearly exemplifies the dramatically changing social, political, and economic landscape of America's urban centers than Houston. Houston has transformed from a bi-racial southern city on the bayou to one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse communities in the nation. Houston Independent School District…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Educational Quality, Global Education
Davis, Laurie L.; Moyer, Eric L. – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, 2015
This report is made up of seven chapters relating to Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) performance level setting (PLS). Chapter one describes the goals of the PARCC program, content standards measured by PARCC, PARCC performance levels, and components of the PARCC system. Chapter two discusses the goals of…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Program Descriptions, Educational Objectives
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Linden, Leigh L. – Human Development Network Education, 2009
This paper presents the evaluation of the program Computers for Education. The program aims to integrate computers, donated by the private sector, into the teaching of language in public schools. The authors conduct a two-year randomized evaluation of the program using a sample of 97 schools and 5,201 children. Overall, the program seems to have…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Access to Computers
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
A search of recent research on group training apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia found that group training companies (GTCs) are making a strong contribution to Australia's apprentice and trainee system. Key findings include the following: (1) group training apprentice and trainee numbers doubled over the period of 1995-2000; (2) over…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Developed Nations, Educational Needs