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Direct linkKim, Ha Yeon; Hsin, Lisa B.; Snow, Catherine E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Most U.S. classrooms serve students with various linguistic and academic needs. Tier-I universal approaches support English language learners (ELLs) without segregating them into a different track and thereby constraining future learning opportunities. The current study examines whether Word Generation (WG), a Tier-I discussion-based program…
Descriptors: Equal Education, English Language Learners, Poverty, Program Effectiveness
Download full textHall, Colby; Vaughn, Sharon; Barnes, Marcia A.; Stewart, Alicia A.; Austin, Christy R.; Roberts, Greg – Remedial and Special Education, 2020
Inference skill is one of the most important predictors of reading comprehension. Still, there is little rigorous research investigating the effects of inference instruction on reading comprehension. There is no research investigating the effects of inference instruction on reading comprehension for English learners with reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, English Language Learners
Taylor, Joseph A.; Roth, Kathleen; Wilson, Christopher D.; Stuhlsatz, Molly A. M.; Tipton, Elizabeth – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
This article describes the effects of an analysis-of-practice professional development (PD) program on elementary school students' (Grades 4-6) science outcomes. The study design was a cluster-randomized trial with an analysis sample of 77 schools, 144 teachers and 2,823 students. Forty-two schools were randomly assigned to treatment, (88.5 hours)…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Elementary School Science, Science Achievement, Elementary School Students
Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Caverly, Sarah; Bell, Nance; Sullivan, Kate; Fong, Carlton; Atwood, Erin; Borman, Geoffrey; Park, So Jung; Jones, Debra Hughes – SEDL, 2012
The Louisiana Striving Readers evaluation assessed the implementation and effectiveness of the Voyager "Passport Reading Journeys" (PRJ), a widely used supplemental literacy intervention for struggling adolescent readers that reflects the research-based practices recommended by the National Reading Panel (2000) and other more recent…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Grade 6
Swanlund, Andrew; Dahlke, Katie; Tucker, Natalie; Kleidon, Brianna; Kregor, Jennifer; Davidson-Gibbs, Debbie; Hallberg, Kelly – American Institutes for Research, 2012
American Institutes for Research (AIR) conducted an evaluation of the effect on struggling readers of implementing the READ 180 reading intervention in five participating schools in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) under a Striving Readers grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The evaluation used an experimental design in order to produce a…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Achievement
August, Diane; Branum-Martin, Lee; Cardenas-Hagan, Elsa; Francis, David – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an intervention--Quality English and Science Teaching (QuEST)--designed to develop the science knowledge and academic language of middle grades English language learners studying science in their second language and their English-proficient classmates. Both English language learners and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Intervention, Vocabulary, Second Language Learning
Phelan, Julia; Choi, Kilchan; Vendlinski, Terry; Baker, Eva L.; Herman, Joan L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
This report describes results from field-testing of POWERSOURCE[C] formative assessment alongside professional development and instructional resources. The researchers at the National Center for Research, on Evaluation, Standards, & Student Testing (CRESST) employed a randomized, controlled design to address the following question: Does the…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Educational Strategies
