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Comprehensive School Reform in Middle Schools: The Effects of Different Ways of Knowing on Student Achievement in a Large Urban District
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Munoz, Marco A.; Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron J. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
Comprehensive school reform (CSR), a federally funded program, is designed to raise student achievement via the implementation of whole school reforms. Unfortunately, although close to 400 CSR models have been adopted by schools nationally, there is relatively limited empirical evidence from rigorous research studies regarding the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Restructuring, Middle Schools, Achievement Gains
Achievement and Climate Outcomes for the Knowledge Is Power Program in an Inner-City Middle School
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Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron J.; Alberg, Marty; McSparrin-Gallagher, Brenda – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
This study was designed to examine the effects of a whole school reform, the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), specifically designed to raise academic achievement of at-risk urban middle school students by establishing an extended school day and year, a rigorous curriculum, after-school access to teachers, and increased family-school connections.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Extended School Day, School Restructuring, Standardized Tests
Different Ways of Knowing for the Middle Grades: Cohort 1. Evaluation Report.
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Ross, Steven M.; Wilson-Relyea, Barbara; McDonald, Aaron; Goldfeder, Elizabeth; Nunnery, John; Munoz, Marco – Center for Research in Educational Policy, 2004
This report presents results from a planned comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of Different Ways of Knowing (DWoK) for the Middle Grades in "Cohort I" schools. Cohort I consists of 15 schools in California, Kentucky, New York, and Texas that began implementation of DWoK for the Middle Grades in 2001-02, and thus have completed their…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Teaching Methods