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Direct linkGuryan, Jonathan; Kim, James S.; Quinn, David M. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
There are large gaps in reading skills by family income among school-aged children in the United States. Correlational evidence suggests that reading skills are strongly related to the amount of reading students do outside of school. Experimental evidence testing whether this relationship is causal is lacking. We report the results from a…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Recreational Reading, Summer Programs, Grade 2
Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, Christopher R. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of large-scale public preschool in Boston on college-going, college preparation, standardized test scores, and behavioral outcomes. Preschool enrollment boosts college attendance, as well as SAT test-taking and high school graduation. Preschool also decreases several disciplinary measures…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Access to Education, Public Education
Download full textTang, Yun; Zoblotsky, Todd – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2015
In August 2010, the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) received a grant of more than $25 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) program for a five-year study to validate its Leadership Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) model in three very diverse regions of the United States: rural North…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Science Achievement, Students with Disabilities
Peer reviewedTong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Koch, Janice – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The authors examined the impact of 2 subsequent, longitudinal interdisciplinary interventions for 58 Hispanic English language learners (ELLs): (a) Grade 5 science with English language/reading embedded (i.e., science intervention) and (b) K-3 English language/reading with science embedded (i.e., language/reading intervention). Results revealed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Hispanic American Students, Grade 5, Literacy
Vinson, Terence LeRay – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between participation in the Summer Bridge Program, grade point averages and retention of first-year college students. Additionally, this study examined the differences in grade point averages of college students after their first semester and first-year of college with regard to their…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Summer Programs, Grade Point Average, School Holding Power
