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Herman, Joan L.; Wang, Jia; La Torre, Deborah; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2020
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) was created in 2009 to support schools' implementation of rigorous college and career ready standards for English language arts (ELA). Combining evidence-based principles of professional development with a systematic design process, LDC helps teachers to embed literacy skill development throughout their…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Urban Schools, Skill Development, Professional Development
Wang, Jia; Herman, Joan L.; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth; La Torre, Deborah; Bozeman, Velette – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2020
Engaged in the evaluation of LDC tools since June 2011, UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) is using multiple data sources and a quasi-experimental design to examine LDC implementation and impact in two cohorts of schools in two large, urban school districts. This report presents the results…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Literacy Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Wang, Jia; Herman, Joan L.; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth; La Torre, Deborah; Bozeman, Velette – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2020
Engaged inthe evaluation of LDC tools since June 2011, UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) is using multiple data sources and a quasi-experimental design to examine LDC implementation and impact in two cohorts of schools in two large, urban school districts. This report presents the results on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Literacy Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Wang, Jia; Herman, Joan L.; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth; La Torre, Deborah; Chang, Sandy; Bozeman, Velette; Haubner, Julie – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2019
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) was created to support teachers in implementing college and career readiness standards in order to teach literacy skills throughout the content areas. Teachers work collaboratively with coaches to further develop their expertise and design standards-driven, literacy-rich writing assignments within their…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods
Wang, Jia; Herman, Joan L.; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth; La Torre, Deborah; Haubner, Julie; Bozeman, Velette – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2017
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) was created to support teachers in implementing college and career readiness standards in order to teach literacy skills throughout the content areas.Teachers work collaboratively with coaches to further develop their expertise and design standards-driven, literacy-rich writing assignments within their…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Content Area Reading
Huang, Denise; Leon, Seth; Harven, Aletha M.; La Torre, Deborah; Mostafavi, Sima – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
The purpose of this report is to examine the extent to which participation in the Los Angeles Better Educated Students for Tomorrow (LA's BEST) afterschool program leads to positive achievement outcomes in math and English-language arts. A quasi-experimental design is utilized, and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) is employed to examine the…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Language Arts, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Huang, Denise; Leon, Seth; La Torre, Deborah; Mostafavi, Sima – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
Researchers and policymakers are increasingly interested in the impact of afterschool programs on youth development. Even though numerous studies have investigated the impact of afterschool participation on academic outcomes, there is limited research on the differential impact of afterschool programs based on students' participation rate. This…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Student Participation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Testing