Robert Meyer

In this project, researchers propose to refine and validate an open-source social emotional learning (SEL) survey instrument developed by California's CORE Districts for students in grades 4 through 12. Specifically, this project has 3 goals:

Value-added models and indicators are being considered for use and are being used to measure the performance of schools, teachers, programs, and policies on an ongoing basis. Most current value-added models fall into two somewhat distinct groups, those that treat individual effects as random and those that treat individual effects as fixed. Random-effects models have been found to yield relatively precise estimates of school and classroom effects but can suffer from an inability to control f...

The project will evaluate the efficacy of supplemental education services provided to low-income students as required under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. As part of this work, the project will: (1) estimate the net impacts of supplemental education services on student achievement; (2) identify the particular design elements and curricular and instructional components of programs that contribute to these impacts; (3) investigate whether those students who are most in need of extra aca...

This project seeks to create a comprehensive integrated resource information system that will include the key elements of resource use at the school, classroom, and student level. Resources are to be broadly defined as financial, programmatic, human, and social/organizational. The system is to link the resource data to student achievement data so that the use of resources at each level can be linked to effectiveness in improving student achievement. The goal is for decision-makers to be a...