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Shneyderman, Aleksandr; Abella, Rodolfo – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
This study was conducted to explore the effects of a two-way immersion bilingual program on maintenance/acquisition of Spanish-language proficiency and on reading and mathematics achievement in English over a period of 4 academic years. The researchers used Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) techniques to compare the effects of two different…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Programs, Models, Language Arts
Barnett, Joshua H.; Wills, Kellie C.; Kirby, Peggy C. – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2014
TAP™: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement was launched in 1999 as a comprehensive educator effectiveness model to offer career advancement and leadership opportunities for educators, a fair and transparent evaluation process linked to job-embedded professional development and performance-based compensation, which culminate in improved…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Models, Teacher Leadership, Promotion (Occupational)
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Bierman, Karen L.; Domitrovich, Celene E.; Nix, Robert L.; Gest, Scott D.; Welsh, Janet A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Blair, Clancy; Nelson, Keith E.; Gill, Sukhdeep – Child Development, 2008
Forty-four Head Start classrooms were randomly assigned to enriched intervention (Head Start REDI--Research-based, Developmentally Informed) or "usual practice" conditions. The intervention involved brief lessons, "hands-on" extension activities, and specific teaching strategies linked empirically with the promotion of: (a)…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, School Readiness, Intervention, Social Behavior
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Ehri, Linnea C.; Dreyer, Lois G.; Flugman, Bert; Gross, Alan – American Educational Research Journal, 2007
The Reading Rescue tutoring intervention model was investigated with 64 low-socioeconomic status, language-minority first graders with reading difficulties. School staff provided tutoring in phonological awareness, systematic phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehension. Tutored students made significantly greater gains reading words…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Consultants