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Henry May; Aly Blakeney – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
This paper presents evidence confirming the validity of the RD design in the Reading Recovery study by examining the ability of the RD design to replicate the 1st grade results observed in the original i3 RCT focused on short-term impacts. Over 1,800 schools participated in the RD study over all four cohort years. The RD design used cutoff-based…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Cutting Scores, Comparative Analysis
Holmes, C. Thomas; Brown, Carvin L. – 2003
This report presents results of a study involving the School Renaissance program. The School Renaissance Learning package includes the Accelerated Reader program, which has been shown to improve students' reading achievement and reading attitudes. Four elementary schools were chosen for the study, which included two treatment schools (designated…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Program Evaluation
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Slavin, Robert E.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
First-year outcomes are reported for Success for All--a program designed to bring all children to grade level in basic skills by the third grade. The program uses one-to-one tutoring, reading methods, frequent assessment, enhanced preschool and kindergarten programs, family support, and other interventions to prevent learning problems from…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
Calvery, Robert; And Others – 1993
The purpose of this study was to determine if the Saxon Mathematics series produced gains in math achievement of elementary school students. Mathematics achievement was assessed for 190 students in the Southside School District No. 3, Batesville, Arkansas, using the Stanford Achievement Test Eighth Edition during April 1992 and April 1993. There…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
Sherwood, Robert D. – 1991
Prior to college-level mathematics coursework, students are not routinely provided with the opportunity to engage in the kind of sustained mathematical thinking necessary to solve complex, multistep problems, most likely because of the difficulties that school mathematics teachers face in communicating problem settings and contexts that are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 6
Levinson, Judith L.; Lalor, Ida – 1989
A study focused on the effects of the Writing to Read program piloted at kindergarten and first grade levels in Community Consolidated School District 65. The report included measures of students' writing, performance on district-made and standardized reading tests, and a follow-up on second graders. Statistical techniques of group comparison and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten