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Download full textHernandez, Donald J. – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2011
Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students who fail to reach this critical milestone often falter in the later grades and drop out before earning a high school diploma. This study relies on a unique national database of 3,975 students born between 1979 and 1989. The…
Descriptors: Poverty, Graduation Rate, Economically Disadvantaged, Reading Tests
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Direct linkAgodini, Roberto; Harris, Barbara – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This article examines the effectiveness of four elementary school math curricula: (a) "Investigations in Number, Data, and Space"; (b) "Math Expressions"; (c) "Saxon Math"; and (d) "Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics" ("SFAW"). These curricula are distinct from one another and represent many…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Mathematics Achievement, Effect Size, Elementary School Mathematics
Pigott, Therese D.; Israel, Marla Susman – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2005
It has been acknowledged that children from poverty begin school missing many of the prerequisites for school success. The 1963 US initiative, Head Start, is the major federal program aimed at providing children in poverty the experiences necessary to start school on an equal footing with their same-age peers. This article uses data from the Early…
Descriptors: Poverty, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs
