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Slavin, Robert E.; Lake, Cynthia; Inns, Amanda; Baye, Ariane; Dachet, Dylan; Haslam, Jonathan – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2019
This paper reviews research on outcomes of writing programs for students in grades 2 to 12. Studies had to meet rigorous standards of research including use of randomized or well-matched control groups, measures independent of the program developers, researchers, and teachers, and adequate sample size and duration. Fourteen studies of 12 programs…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Writing Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Slavin, Robert E.; Lake, Cynthia; Groff, Cynthia – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2010
This guide summarizes "Effective Programs in Elementary Mathematics: A Best-Evidence Synthesis" and "Effective Programs in Middle and High School Mathematics: A Best-Evidence Synthesis," two research reviews conducted by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Research and Reform in Education. The purpose of the reviews was to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Control Groups
Slavin, Robert E.; Lake, Cynthia – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
One of the major series of reviews in elementary and secondary education is the Best Evidence Encyclopedia, or the BEE. Up to now, findings for systematic reviews have largely been restricted to the reviews themselves, with few cases in which lessons learned across many reviews using similar methods can be synthesized. The completion of the Best…
Descriptors: Evidence, Direct Instruction, Sample Size, Elementary Secondary Education