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Henry, Gary T.; Harbatkin, Erica – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
In contrast to prior federally mandated school reforms, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) allows states more discretion in reforming their lowest performing schools, removes requirements to disrupt the status quo, and does not allocate substantial additional funds. Using a regression discontinuity design, we evaluate a state turnaround…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, School Effectiveness
Matthew D. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The Good Behavior Game is an interdependent group contingency that relies on the influence of other important group members to modify challenging behaviors of a student or a group of students within the classroom. Although the Good Behavior Game possesses a long history of effective use in the research literature, there is a significant void in…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Educational Games, Special Education, Student Behavior
Myers, David; Olsen, Rob; Seftor, Neil; Young, Julie; Tuttle, Christina – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2004
Policymakers have long been concerned about the disparities in college attendance between more and less advantaged groups of students. Upward Bound is one of the largest and longest running federal programs designed to help economically disadvantaged students prepare for, enter and succeed in college. Since December 1991, Mathematica Policy…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Outcomes of Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs