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Download full textHerman, Joan L.; Wang, Jia; Rickles, Jordan; Hsu, Vivian; Monroe, Scott; Leon, Seth; Straubhaar, Rolf – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2012
With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CRESST conducted a multi-year evaluation of a major school reform project at Alain Leroy Locke High School, historically one of California's lowest performing secondary schools. Beginning in 2007, Locke High School transitioned into a set of smaller, Green Dot Charter High Schools,…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Grade 9, Control Groups
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Direct linkLesaux, Nonie K.; Kieffer, Michael J.; Faller, S. Elisabeth; Kelley, Joan G. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2010
The present study aims to advance the extant research base by evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of an academic vocabulary program designed for use in mainstream middle school classrooms with high proportions of language minority learners. The quasi-experimental, mixed-methods study was conducted in 21 classes (13 treatment matched to…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Middle Schools, Vocabulary, Program Effectiveness
Frechtling, Joy A.; Zhang, Xiaodong; Silverstein, Gary – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
The evaluation of the Voyager Universal Literacy System[R] was designed to provide a rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of the program with beginning readers. Using a quasi-experimental design, researchers conducted a systematic evaluation of changes in 398 kindergarten students' command of early reading skills in 4 Voyager and 4 comparison…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Urban Schools, Early Reading
