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Download full textLai, Mark H. C. – Grantee Submission, 2021
In 2016, McREL and the University of Southern California (USC) were awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund (Award Number U411C150011) to develop a translation of the identity-based motivation (IBM) in vivo program "Pathways to Success" to a digital platform to deliver IBM to middle and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Motivation, School Districts
Direct linkKlute, Mary; Yanoski, David; Rhoads, Christopher; Norford, Jennifer; Joyce, Jeanette; Serdiouk, Marina – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of this research study was to evaluate iPersonalize, a gamified instructional approach developed by Fullerton School District (FSD) in California to encourage student engagement and promote achievement. An instructional approach is considered gamified when it incorporates computer game elements to augment existing classroom,…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Learner Engagement
Klute, Mary; Yanoski, David; Rhoads, Christopher; Norford, Jennifer; Joyce, Jeanette; Serdiouk, Marina – Marzano Research, 2019
The purpose of this research study was to evaluate iPersonalize, a gamified instructional approach developed by Fullerton School District (FSD) in California to encourage student engagement and promote achievement. An instructional approach is considered gamified when it incorporates computer game elements to augment existing classroom,…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Learner Engagement
Garcia, Ivonne; Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Herrera, Carla; Strassberger, Marissa; Dixon, Michelle; Linden, Leigh – MDRC, 2020
Many talented students in under-resourced schools do not reach their full potential. Research shows that by sixth grade, children born into poverty have likely spent 6,000 fewer hours learning than their middle-class counterparts. Higher Achievement, an intensive summer and after-school program, aims to close that learning gap. It offers…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, After School Programs, Achievement Gap, Enrichment Activities
Borman, Trisha H.; Bos, Johannes M.; O'Brien, Brenna C.; Park, So Jung; Liu, Feng – American Institutes for Research, 2018
The Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) model is a comprehensive, strength-based approach to education that aims to improve achievement for all students by improving a school's effectiveness at building relationships, leveraging real-time student data, and capitalizing on the strengths of each student. The U.S. Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Models, Program Effectiveness, High Schools, Program Evaluation
Dolfin, Sarah; Richman, Scott; Choi, Jane; Streke, Andrei; DeSaw, Cheryl; Demers, Alicia; Poznyak, Dmitriy – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study assesses the implementation and impacts of the Teacher Potential Project (TPP), a program designed by EL Education and which includes an English language arts (ELA) standards-aligned curriculum and embedded professional development for teachers. The study uses a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to assess the impacts of TPP on…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Language Arts, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Sepanik, Susan; Zhu, Pei; Shih, Miki Bairstow; Commins, Nicholas – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
Although Oregon has made recent gains in its overall high school graduation rate, 21?percent of public school students entering grade?9 in 2014 did not graduate within four years, by 2018. To improve graduation rates, Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 98 in 2016 to fund dropout prevention and college and career readiness initiatives in high…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Identification, Early Intervention, Graduation Rate
DeCesare, Dale; McClelland, Abby; Randel, Bruce – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2017
This study evaluates the impact of the Retired Mentors for New Teachers program, a two-year mentoring program at the elementary school level developed by Aurora Public Schools in Colorado. Many of the district's schools serve a large percentage of economically disadvantaged children, experience high teacher turnover, and hire newer, less…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Program Evaluation
Manzeske, David; Reese, Kelly; Liu, Feng – American Institutes for Research, 2018
In 2013, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards received a 5-year Investing in Innovation Fund Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop, implement, and study Accomplished Teaching, Learning, and Schools (ATLAS). ATLAS is an online case library that contains examples of "accomplished teaching"…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Teacher Influence
Park, Christina; Arshan, Nicole; Milby, Allison; Goetz, Rebecca – Grantee Submission, 2021
Developed by the National Writing Project (NWP), the College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP) seeks to improve students' argument writing by building teachers' understanding of and skill in teaching source-based argument writing. The program features intensive professional development, skill-based instructional resources, and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Program Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness
Wolf, Rebecca; Cook, Michael; Reid, Alan; Neitzel, Amanda; Ross, Steven; Risman, Kelsey – Grantee Submission, 2021
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Literacy-Infused Science Using Technology Innovation Opportunity (LISTO) validation project (Valid 45). LISTO was funded by the Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund and involved a multi-year intervention that provided virtual professional development and coaching, and literacy-infused science curricula to…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Science Teachers, Rural Schools, Elementary School Teachers
Fountain, Alyssa Rulf; Velez, Melissa; Gamse, Beth – Abt Associates, 2018
The vast majority of American students are neither prepared nor sufficiently engaged to become science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-literate citizens or innovative STEM professionals (National Research Council, 2007; Carnegie Corporation and the Institute for Advanced Study, 2009; National Science Board [NSB], 2010; President's…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Achievement Gap, Volunteers, Apprenticeships
Jaciw, Andrew P.; Nguyen, Thanh; Lin, Li; Zacamy, Jenna L.; Kwong, Connie; Lau, Sze-Shun – Grantee Submission, 2020
Science education has experienced a significant transition over the last decade, catalyzed by a re-envisioning of what students should know and be able to do in science. That re-envisioning culminated in the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in 2013. The new standards set off a chain reaction of standards adoption and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Elementary School Teachers
Daugherty, Lindsay; Schweig, Jonathan; Gates, Susan M. – Grantee Submission, 2020
In 2013, the NYC Leadership Academy (NYCLA) developed a leadership intervention--the Targeted Intensive School Support (TISS) program--in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) to support schools that were facing particular challenges. NYCLA asked the RAND Corporation to provide an independent evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teamwork, Leadership Training, Principals
Flowers, Nancy; Carpenter, Dawn M. H.; Begum, Shahana – Grantee Submission, 2018
The Middle-Grades Leadership Development (MLD) Project was designed to develop principal leaders and leadership teams who create high-performing middle-grades schools. Designed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, the four-year project was funded from 2013 to 2017 by a U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3)…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Leadership Training, Principals, Grants
