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Erickson, Heidi H.; Mills, Jonathan N.; Wolf, Patrick J. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) offers publicly funded vouchers to moderate- and low-income students in low-performing public schools to enroll in participating private schools. Established in 2008 as a pilot program in New Orleans, the LSP expanded statewide in 2012. Drawing upon the random lotteries that placed students in LSP schools,…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Ault, Phyllis Campbell; Roccograndi, Angela; Burke, Art – Education Northwest, 2017
In 2011, the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) received an Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant through the U.S. Department of Education. UAF applied for the grant to expand the predominantly rural-serving Alaska Statewide Mentor Project (ASMP) to urban settings. ASMP is a professional development initiative that supplies fully released, highly…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Mentors, Beginning Teacher Induction, Urban Schools
Matthew D. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The Good Behavior Game is an interdependent group contingency that relies on the influence of other important group members to modify challenging behaviors of a student or a group of students within the classroom. Although the Good Behavior Game possesses a long history of effective use in the research literature, there is a significant void in…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Educational Games, Special Education, Student Behavior
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The study authors examined the effects of using "Diagnostic Assessment Tools" ("DAT") on mathematics and reading outcomes for students in Indiana schools during the 2009-10 academic year. "DAT" consists of interim assessment tools--Wireless Generation's mCLASS for students in grades K-2 and CTB/ McGraw-Hill's Acuity…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation
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Heppen, Jessica B.; Walters, Kirk; Clements, Margaret; Faria, Ann-Marie; Tobey, Cheryl; Sorensen, Nicholas; Culp, Katherine – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This report presents findings from a randomized control trial designed to inform the decisions of policymakers who are considering using online courses to provide access to Algebra I in grade 8. It focuses on students judged by their schools to be ready to take Algebra I in grade 8 but who attend schools that do not offer the course. The study…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Online Courses, Hypothesis Testing
Sprague, Kimberley; Zaller, Colleen; Kite, Anita; Hussar, Karen – Education Alliance at Brown University, 2012
This evaluation report presents implementation and impact findings to date regarding the Striving Readers grant as implemented by the Springfield and Chicopee Public School Districts. Any questions regarding this final report should be directed to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) at the U.S. Department of Education. There…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Wang, Haiwen; Warner, Miya; Golan, Shari; Wechsler, Marjorie; Park, C. J. – Grantee Submission, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Florida Master Teacher Initiative (FMTI)--an i3-funded early learning program aimed at improving the quality of teaching and student outcomes in grades PreK through third grade in high need schools. The FMTI schools participated in four program components: (1) a job-embedded graduate…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality