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Borman, Trisha H.; Bos, Hans; Park, So Jung; Auchstetter, Amelia – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
In this paper, we report results from a multisite, student-level randomized controlled trial that examined the impact of the Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) model on ninth-grade students. The BARR model is a comprehensive, strength-based approach that uses eight interlocking strategies to build intentional staff-to-staff, staff-to-student,…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Outcomes of Education, High School Students, Peer Relationship
Masters, Jim – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine if a teacher's Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) rating is an effective indicator for student achievement. Participants in the study were 9th through 12th grade English 10, Biology, U.S. History and Algebra 2 teachers and students enrolled in their courses. The teacher participants'…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Secondary School Students
Phillips, Andrea; Pane, John F.; Bogart, Andy – RAND Corporation, 2018
The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and Green River Regional Educational Cooperative received an Investing in Innovation (i3) development grant from the U.S. Department of Education to implement the Creating College and Career Readiness (C3R) initiative. The initiative offered a suite of software developed by WIN Learning (WIN) to support…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Bos, Johannes M.; Dhillon, Sonica; Borman, Trisha – American Institutes for Research, 2019
This is the final report of a large-scale independent evaluation of the Building Assets and Reducing Risks (BARR) model in ninth grade in eleven high schools in Maine, California, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Texas. This sample of schools included large and small schools in urban, suburban, and rural areas, serving students from a wide range of…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High Schools, High School Freshmen, Program Effectiveness
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Nichols, Sharon L.; Glass, Gene V.; Berliner, David C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2006
This study examined the relationship between high-stakes testing pressure and student achievement across 25 states. Standardized portfolios were created for each study state. Each portfolio contained a range of documents that told the "story" of accountability implementation and impact in that state. Using the "law of comparative…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests
Omvig, Clayton P. – 1979
The evaluation of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, K-12 Career Education Incremental Improvement Project consisted of five components: professional staff survey (PSS), student career maturity, career education program assessment, record of student career development, and academic achievement. PSS findings indicated that the seventy principals,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Career Choice
Hardin County Board of Education, Elizabethtown, KY. – 1976
A project was designed to measure the effects of integrating basic reading and mathematical instruction with prevocational instruction through the addition of a basic skills resource room, a technical simulation unit, and guidance and counseling to the ninth grade vocational experience program for educable mentally handicapped and disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Guidance, Curriculum Development