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Bewley, Jason Loyd – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of living-learning communities on GPA and fall-to-fall retention rates for college freshmen at Regional University (RU). The specific focus of this study was the effect of these communities on students of different ethnic groups and on the potential of these communities to reduce the academic…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, College Freshmen, Ethnicity, Grade Point Average
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Baenen, Nancy; Bernholc, Alissa; Dulaney, Chuck; Banks, Karen – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1997
Results from a longitudinal study of the implementation of the Reading Recovery (RR) program in the Wake County Public School System (North Carolina) for 1990 through 1994 show achievement gains for RR students, although these gains lessen in recent years. Reasons for inconsistent benefits after the first year are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cohort Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students