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Susanne James-Burdumy; Wendy Mansfield; John Deke; Nancy Carey; Julieta Lugo-Gil; Alan Hershey; Aaron Douglas; Russell Gersten; Rebecca Newman-Gonchar; Joseph Dimino; Bonnie Faddis – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2009
This document reports on the impacts on student achievement for four supplemental reading curricula that use similar overlapping instructional strategies designed to improve reading comprehension in social studies and science text. Fifth-grade reading comprehension for each of three commercially-available curricula (Project CRISS, ReadAbout, and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Observation
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Campuzano, Larissa; Dynarski, Mark; Agodini, Roberto; Rall, Kristina – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2009
In the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Congress called for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to conduct a rigorous study of the conditions and practices under which educational technology is effective in increasing student academic achievement. A 2007 report presenting study findings for the 2004-2005 school year, indicated that, after one…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Computer Software
Karen Barbara Patterson – ProQuest LLC, 2003
The 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) suggests that the general education setting is the most appropriate placement for all students with disabilities based on its mandate for the least restrictive environment. Because many children with disabilities have historically been educated in self-contained…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities