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Unterman, Rebecca – MDRC, 2017
Success Academy is a rapidly expanding charter school network in New York City, with schools located in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. In the 2016-2017 school year, Success Academy served roughly 14,000 students across 41 elementary, middle, and high schools, which at the time was about 13 percent of the students attending charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Urban Schools, Success, Academic Achievement
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Schumer, Florence; Deutsch, Cynthia P. – 1970
The last year of work of a two-year study designed to systematically evaluate the construct of independence in a special ghetto population and its relationship to other variables are described in this report. In this process, several reliable measurement techniques emerge including the classroom behavior checklist, sociometric methods, measures of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Enrichment Activities, Grade 3
Phillips, Robert H. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of behavior modification on enhancing the self-esteem of low-income Black and Puerto Rican elementary school children. Social reinforcement in the form of teacher praise was given to students who made any legitimate positive statements about themselves. The reinforcement was designed to…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Black Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary School Students