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Annika Rigole; Sonakshi Sharma; Jessica Bergmann – UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight, 2023
Recognizing that children's learning outcomes generally remain low, in its recent 2017--2021 Education and Skills Sector Plan (ESSP) the Government of Zambia prioritized improving learning outcomes through strategies that addressed gaps in education system quality, access, equity and efficiency. What resources and contextual factors are associated…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Educational Strategies, Access to Education
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Hewitt, Paul M.; Denny, George S. – Rural Educator, 2011
Although the four-day school week originated in 1936, it was not widely implemented until 1973 when there was a need to conserve energy and reduce operating costs. This study investigated how achievement tests scores of schools with a four-day school week compared with schools with a traditional five-day school week. The study focused on student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2011
Full-day pre-K students from the 2001-2002 cohort were more likely to pass the 2010 7th-grade reading TAKS than were kindergarten students from the 2002-2003 cohort who were assumed eligible for pre-K but did not attend pre-K in 2001-2002. There is a full report and a separate executive summary report. [For the executive summary of this study, see…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 7, Reading Tests