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Effectiveness of Reading & Math Software (ERMS): Findings from Two Student Cohorts
The Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from Two Student Cohorts reports on the impacts on student achievement of a second year of use of selected software programs...
National Center for Education StatisticsLast Updated: Mar 20, 2023Access Modality: NCES Remote AccessFees: No FeesTopics: Education -
Reading First Impact Study (RFIS) 2004-2007
This report presents findings from the third and final year of the Reading First Impact Study (RFIS), a congressionally mandated evaluation of the federal government’s $1.0 billion-per-year...
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Impact of the Understanding Science Professional Development Model on Science Achievement of English Language Learner Students
This study is designed to examine whether one teacher professional development program in middle school physical science, WestEd's Understanding Science Program, improves teachers' content...
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Eval. Pacific Communities with High Performance in Literacy Dvlpmt (Pacific CHILD)
The study was designed to assess whether Pacific CHILD improved student achievement in reading comprehension (primary outcome) and teacher knowledge and practice secondary outcomes) in the three...
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Eval. of Program for Infant/Toddler Care: Training of Caregivers Study (PITC)
EL Southeast conducted a randomized control trial in the Mississippi Delta to test the impact of a kindergarten vocabulary instruction program on students' expressive vocabulary—the words students...
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Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten (VOCAB)
The current study used an experimental intent-to-treat design to measure the impact of an established intervention, the on-site caregiver training component of the Program for Infant/Toddler Care...
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Classroom Assessment for Student Learning (CASL)
This study examines the impact of CASL on the primary outcome of student achievement in mathematics. Although the intervention is applicable to all content areas, mathematics was chosen in view of...
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The Effects of the Lessons in Character (LIC) English Language Arts Character Education Program on Behavior and Academic Outcomes
Partially in response to unacceptable levels of student misbehavior and inadequate endorsement of good character values, character education has become one of the fastest growing reform movements...
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Study of Project CRISS Reading Program on Rural 9th Graders (CRISS)
This randomized study tests the effectiveness of Project CRISS (Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies), an education program designed to improve reading comprehension. Project...
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Eval. of Effects of Compass Learning Odyssey Math on 4th Graders Math Achievement
Regional need and study purpose Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Mid-Atlantic conducted a regional needs assessment that revealed student math achievement as a high priority. This led to a...
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Impact of the Thinking Reader Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies and Motivation (TRSP)
Improving adolescent literacy is a critical step toward improving adolescent academic achievement (Kamil , Borman, Dole, Kral, Salinger, & Torgesen, 2008). “Adolescent literacy” commonly refers...
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Impact of Summer Reading Program Based on Lexiles (SRP) Study on Reading Comprehension of Economically Disadvantaged 4th Graders; Summer Reading Program Lexile Study
Because different studies used different combinations of parent/teacher components, it was unclear which of these would facilitate student summer reading and subsequent reading achievement, and...
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Effects of Problem Based Economics on High School Economics Instruction
This study examines whether the Problem Based Economics curriculum developed by the Buck Institute for Education improves grade 12 students' content knowledge as measured by the Test of Economic...
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Achievement Effects of 4 Elementary School Math Curricula: 1st Graders
The purpose of this large-scale, national study is to determine whether some early elementary school math curricula are more effective than others at improving student math achievement, thereby...
National Center for Education StatisticsLast Updated: Mar 17, 2023Access Modality: NCES Remote AccessFees: No FeesTopics: Education -
Effectiveness of Reading & Math Software (ERMS): Findings from 1st Student Cohort
The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance produced this major study of the effectiveness of education technology. Mandated by Congress, the report uses scientifically...
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Achievement Effects of 4 Elementary School Math Curricula: 1st & 2nd Graders
This study examines whether some early elementary school math curricula are more effective than others at improving student math achievement in disadvantaged schools.1 A small number of curricula,...
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Evaluation of the Effects of the Kentucky Virtual Schools Hybrid Program for Algebra I on Grade 9 Student Math Achievement
The 2006-11 Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia at CNA conducted a rigorous evaluation of the Kentucky Virtual Schools hybrid algebra I curriculum. The curriculum combines traditional face-...
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Effects of the Connected Mathematics Project 2 on the Mathematics Achievement of Grade 6 Students in the Mid-Atlantic Region (CMP2)
The 2006-11 Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic at Penn State University has concluded a rigorous experimental study of the effect of the Connected Mathematics Project 2 (CMP2) on the...
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Eval. Number Rockets: Intervention for 1st Graders at Risk of Difficulties (NUMBER ROCKETS)
Data from a rigorous experimental study of the impact of the Number Rockets small group tutoring program on grade 1 math achievement. Number Rockets is an early mathematics ntervention targeted to...
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Evaluation of Content Literacy Continuum (CLC)
This study examines impacts of the Content Literacy Continuum (CLC) on high school students' reading comprehension and accumulation of credits in core subject areas. The Content Literacy Continuum...
National Center for Education StatisticsLast Updated: Mar 16, 2023Access Modality: NCES Remote AccessFees: No FeesTopics: Education