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Download full textNational Center on Education and the Economy, 2013
In the fall of 2009, the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) initiated a series of research programs designed to support the high school reform program, "Excellence for All," based on more than 20 years of research on the school reform programs of the countries with the most successful education programs worldwide. A…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Community Colleges, College Freshmen
Direct linkFiore, Carole; Roman, Susan – School Library Journal, 2010
Based on the findings of a recent three-year study by Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, the authors can confirm what many librarians have long suspected: students who take part in their local library's summer reading program significantly improve their reading skills. This article describes the results of…
Descriptors: Test Results, Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Tests
Thames, Dana; Kazelskis, Richard; Kazelskis, Carolyn Reeves – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to explore the impact of a direct reading instruction program, "Reading Mastery (RM)," on literacy performance of students over a five-year period. Initially, 700 students in grades K-3 were randomly selected from six elementary schools to participate in the study; an additional 100…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Silent Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Cousin, Sherri L.; Klotz, Jack J.; Kiick, Carole A. – 2000
This study examines how one Mississippi elementary school countered the growing trend toward minority isolation with the Community and Home Access for Mississippi Parents and Students project, which was designed to combat white flight, improve academic performance on standardized reading tests, and increase access to technology. Project components…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Consciousness Raising, Diversity (Student)
Welker, L. Conrad, Jr.; Ginn, Clyde N. – 1974
The primary purpose of the study was an initial attempt to identify the basic social skills which are pertinent to the general occupational categories of (1) trade and industrial, (2) technical occupations, (3) health occupations, (4) marketing and distribution, and (5) business and office. A secondary purpose was to compare the identification of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Communication Skills, Health Occupations, Human Relations
Education Writers Association, Washington, DC. – 1991
Six reporters in diverse areas looked at how their communities were responding to adult literacy, basic skills, and workplace literacy programs. This guide contains six reports, three in each of its two parts: (1) Reporting on Welfare Reform--Is the Story Literacy or Decent Jobs? and (2) Reporting on Literacy Programs--Is There a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Programs
