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Simon, Alan J.; Tunik, Jonathan; Alemany, Julia; Zhu, Jing; Zacharia, Joy; Ramsey, Lori; Swann, Rebecca; Bergman, Artis; Fields, Allison; Mendes, Ranjana – Metis Associates, 2011
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education issued a request for proposals (RFP) for programs to improve adolescent literacy. The Department's stated goal was to improve the performance of struggling adolescent readers and help build a strong scientific research base around specific strategies to help…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Reading Programs, Program Evaluation
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Betts, Julian R. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2009
In a series of reforms started in 1998 and formalized with the 2000 introduction of the Blueprint for Student Success, the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) implemented a wide-ranging series of reforms designed to boost the literacy skills of students. This article provides an overview of the reforms, assesses the contributions made by the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Educational Change, Statistical Analysis, Literacy
Meisch, Allison; Hamilton, Jennifer; Chen, Eva; Quintanilla, Priscilla; Fong, Pauline; Gray-Adams, Karen; Petta, Ian; Thornton, Nancy – Westat, 2011
This report summarizes the results of the Newark, New Jersey, Striving Readers program for project Years 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. This report updates one analysis (3 years); the remainder of the impacts and implementation findings are for Year 4. The Striving Readers Grant addresses the unmet needs of middle school students reading 2 or more years below…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Intervention