Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| American Educational Research… | 1 |
| Astronomy Education Review | 1 |
| Journal of Policy Analysis… | 1 |
| Learning Disability Quarterly | 1 |
| National Center on… | 1 |
| University of Chicago… | 1 |
Author
| Allensworth, Elaine M. | 1 |
| An, Chen | 1 |
| Angrist, Joshua D. | 1 |
| Ballou, Dale | 1 |
| Beaton, Albert | 1 |
| Blanchard, Alyssa | 1 |
| Dearing, Eric | 1 |
| Dynarski, Susan M. | 1 |
| Faggella-Luby, Michael | 1 |
| Foley, Claire | 1 |
| Freire, Silvana | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Reports -… | 1 |
Education Level
| Grade 5 | 6 |
| Middle Schools | 6 |
| Grade 6 | 5 |
| Elementary Education | 4 |
| Grade 4 | 4 |
| Grade 3 | 3 |
| Grade 7 | 3 |
| Grade 8 | 3 |
| Intermediate Grades | 3 |
| Junior High Schools | 3 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Massachusetts | 2 |
| Illinois (Chicago) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests | 1 |
| Massachusetts Comprehensive… | 1 |
| Measures of Academic Progress | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Does not meet standards | 6 |
Download full textde la Torre, Marisa; Blanchard, Alyssa; Allensworth, Elaine M.; Freire, Silvana – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2019
Previous studies about ELs have reported data on active English Learners--defined as those students who have not yet reached proficiency on a state English test--at a specific moment in time. This study, for the first time, analyzed the long-term trajectories of 18,000 CPS students who began kindergarten as ELs and followed their progress all the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, English Language Learners
Peer reviewed
Direct linkFaggella-Luby, Michael; Wardwell, Michelle – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
Response to intervention (RTI) has received considerable attention from both researchers and practitioners as a schoolwide model for service delivery. However, research is limited on RTI applications in middle and high schools. The purpose of this article is to describe the outcomes of an experimental examination of a secondary (Tier 2) literacy…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Reading Comprehension, Middle Schools, Urban Schools
Springer, Matthew G.; Hamilton, Laura; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Ballou, Dale; Le, Vi-Nhuan; Pepper, Matthew; Lockwood, J. R.; Stecher, Brian M. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2013
The Project on Incentives in Teaching (POINT) was a three-year study conducted in the Metropolitan Nashville School System from 2006-07 through 2008-09, in which middle school mathematics teachers voluntarily participated in a controlled experiment to assess the effect of financial rewards for teachers whose students showed unusually large gains…
Descriptors: Evidence, Standardized Tests, Educational Change, Mathematics Teachers
Angrist, Joshua D.; Dynarski, Susan M.; Kane, Thomas J.; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, Christopher R. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
The nation's largest charter management organization is the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). KIPP schools are emblematic of the No Excuses approach to public education, a highly standardized and widely replicated charter model that features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Effectiveness, Special Needs Students, Limited English Speaking
Walsh, Mary E.; Madaus, George F.; Raczek, Anastasia E.; Dearing, Eric; Foley, Claire; An, Chen; Lee-St. John, Terrence J.; Beaton, Albert – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Efforts to support children in schools require addressing not only academic issues, but also out-of-school factors that can affect students' ability to succeed. This study examined academic achievement of students participating in City Connects, a student support intervention operating in high-poverty elementary schools. The sample included 7,948…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Poverty, Elementary Schools, Program Effectiveness
Ward, R. Bruce; Sadler, Philip M.; Shapiro, Irwin I. – Astronomy Education Review, 2008
We report on an evaluation of the effectiveness of Project ARIES, an astronomy-based physical science curriculum for upper elementary and middle school children. ARIES students use innovative, simple, and affordable apparatus to carry out a wide range of indoor and outdoor hands-on, discovery-based activities. Student journals and comprehensive…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Grade 4, Grade 3, Teaching Methods
