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Dual-Language Immersion Education at Scale: An Analysis of Program Costs, Mechanisms, and Moderators
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Direct linkSteele, Jennifer L.; Slater, Robert O.; Li, Jennifer; Zamarro, Gema; Miller, Trey; Bacon, Michael – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2018
Using input and outcome data from a randomized study of dual-language immersion programs in an urban district, we examine the mediating relationships of dosage, expenditures, and classroom characteristics to students' academic performance, and the moderating role of students' race/ethnicity. Differential costs of immersion were concentrated at the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Immersion Programs, Input Output Analysis
Snow, Catherine E.; Lawrence, Joshua F.; White, Claire – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This is a quasi-experimental study in which academic word-learning by students in five schools implementing the Word Generation program was compared to academic word-learning by students in three schools within the same system that did not choose to implement the program. Because the implementing schools were those that volunteered for the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Discourse, Knowledge Level, Program Evaluation
Moustafa, Margaret; Land, Robert – 2001
This study compares average SAT 9 reading scores of second through fifth grade English-only children in schools using "Open Court" (a program for teaching young children to read) with the scores of comparable schools using non-scripted programs in one very large urban school district in California. Findings show that schools using…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Low Income, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedMac Iver, Douglas J.; Ruby, Allen; Balfanz, Robert; Byrnes, Vaughan – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2002
Longitudinal case study of reform efforts centering on the Talent Development Middle School model at low-performing, high-poverty middle school in Philadelphia. Finds that student gains in mathematics, science, and reading achievement at subject school exceeded that of students in comparable school. (Contains 19 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Reid, John – 1992
There has been a large amount of research on the relative effects of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning on achievement and productivity. This paper reports a study designed to determine the effect of cooperative learning strategies on mathematics achievement of 7th graders. Based on school records indicating whether a student…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Competition, Cooperative Learning, Grade 7
Marcon, Rebecca A. – 1996
Urban Head Start graduates were compared with comparably poor Pre-K graduates in this longitudinal study, in an effort to evaluate the long-term effects of the Head Start program. A sample of 227 children were included in an analysis of third-grade report cards, standardized Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) achievement scores, and a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
