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Breaking the Tradition of Summer Vacation to Raise Academic Achievement
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Ramos, Barbara Kay – ERS Spectrum, 2011
This study found that students in settings with a year-round calendar statistically outperformed students with traditional calendars in a school-within-a-school setting in mathematics. The study included reading and math achievement of fifth graders in three school-within-a-school year-round elementary schools. Overall, the study made 16…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Grade 5, Achievement Gains, Reading Achievement
At-Risk Student Mobility in an Urban Elementary School: Effects on Academic Achievement
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Shoho, Alan R.; Oleszewski, Ashley – ERS Spectrum, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of at-risk student mobility on academic achievement in an urban elementary school. Math and reading scores from the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) of 172 third, fourth, and fifth grade students from an urban school district in South Central Texas were examined to determine whether…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Grade 5
Is Supplemental Educational Services Beneficial to Students? Evaluation Issues and Perspectives from Statewide Studies
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Ross, Steven M.; Paek, Jangmil; McKay, Dawn – ERS Spectrum, 2008
A core component of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2001) is the provision of free after-school tutoring services, labeled "supplemental educational services" (SES), to eligible students. Importantly, an explicit NCLB requirement makes each state responsible for evaluating individual SES providers with regard to effectiveness in…
Descriptors: Research Design, Evaluators, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
It's Not Being Absent that Affects a Student's Achievement; Florida Data Show It's Whether the Absences Are Excused or Unexcused
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Clement, Russell W. – ERS Spectrum, 2006
Student absenteeism in Broward County Public Schools was examined longitudinally from 1998-99 through the first semester of the 2003-04 school year. Historically, secondary students tend to register more excused and unexcused absences than elementary students; however, data from this study show overall absence rates have declined. Findings reveal…
Descriptors: Attendance, Public Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Urban Schools
Comparison of a Year-Round School and a Traditional School: Reading and Mathematics Achievement.
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Roby, Douglas E. – ERS Spectrum, 1995
Compares sixth-graders' math and reading achievement at year-round and traditional schools in the same (Ohio) school district. Uses a randomized, control-group, posttest-only method controlling for the effects of history maturation and pretesting. The statistical and practical results favor the alternative year-round calendar, particularly when…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Mathematics Achievement
Effects of Team Teaching on the Transition to Middle School.
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Alspaugh, John W.; Harting, Roger D. – ERS Spectrum, 1997
Examines whether team-taught, departmentalized, and K-8 schools differed in academic achievement at grades six, seven, and eight. Dependent variables were mean building-level achievement scores in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies on the Spring 1995 Missouri Mastery and Achievement Tests. During the transition year, middle schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Departments, Intermediate Grades
An Evaluation of Baltimore City's Grade 9 Transition Program
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Yakimowski-Strebnick, Mary E.; Adedoyin, Kimberly Clark; Connolly, Faith – ERS Spectrum, 2003
The Baltimore City Public School System's (BCPSS) Grade 9 Transition Program was implemented in 2001-02. It is designed to increase student achievement in an era of No Child Left Behind federal legislation by providing additional time and learning opportunities for eighth-grade students who have not met all promotion standards established by the…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests