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| A guide to developing and evaluating a college readiness screener This guide describes core ideas for colleges to consider when developing a screening tool for estimating college readiness. A key focal point within the guide is a discussion of ways to improve how well a screening tool can identify individuals needing remedial or developmental ... » more info |
Southeast Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: September 2016 |
| A Guide to Identifying Similar Schools to Support School Improvement To support school improvement efforts, school leaders and education agencies might need to identify groups of schools that are similar so that schools can compare their performance or share practices with other schools in the same group. This could also allow education agencies to ... » more info |
Central Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: July 2021 |
| A Multisite Cluster Randomized Trial of the Effects of Compass Learning Odyssey Math on the Math Achievement of Selected Grade 4 Students in the Mid-Atlantic Region This study was the first randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of Odyssey Math on student achievement. The study had the statistical power needed to detect a 0.20 effect size and was well designed in that comparable groups were created at baseline and maintained through ... » more info |
Mid-Atlantic Publication: NCEE/REL Evaluation Report ; Publication Date: November 2009 |
| A Multistate Review of Professional Teaching Standards This review of teaching standards in six states—California, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas—focuses on the structure, target audience, and selected content of the standards to inform California's revision of its teaching standards. The report was ... » more info |
West Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: July 2009 |
| A Practitioner’s Guide to Implementing Early Warning Systems To stem the tide of students dropping out, many schools and districts are turning to early warning systems (EWS) that signal whether a student is at risk of not graduating from high school. While some research exists about establishing these systems, there is little information about ... » more info |
Northwest Publication: What's Known ; Publication Date: January 2015 |
| A randomized experiment using absenteeism information to "nudge" attendance Can a single postcard sent to guardians help reduce student absenteeism? This randomized controlled trial, conducted in collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia, shows that: (a) a single mail piece that encouraged guardians to improve their student's attendance reduced ... » more info |
Mid-Atlantic Publication: Making an Impact ; Publication Date: February 2017 |
| A Review of Avoidable Losses: High Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis REL Southwest received a request to review the report Avoidable Losses: High Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis to assess the soundness of the study methodology and the appropriateness of the conclusions drawn in the report. The review by REL Southwest found that the ... » more info |
Southwest Publication: Technical Brief ; Publication Date: February 2008 |
| A review of instruments for measuring social and emotional learning skills among secondary school students This purpose of this resource is to support state and local education agencies in identifying reliable and valid instruments that measure collaboration, perseverance, and self-regulated learning among secondary school students. This resource, developed by the Regional Education ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: October 2019 |
| A Review Of Methods and Instruments Used In State and Local School Readiness Evaluations This report provides detailed information about the methods and instruments used to evaluate school readiness initiatives, discusses important considerations in selecting instruments, and provides resources and recommendations that may be helpful to those who are designing and ... » more info |
Southeast Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: August 2007 |
| A review of the literature on social and emotional learning for students ages 3–8: Characteristics of effective social and emotional learning programs The purpose of the report series is to summarize the benefits of social and emotional learning (SEL) in early childhood, and identify the characteristics of SEL interventions that are effective in school contexts. Responding to a need expressed by the Early Childhood Education Research ... » more info |
Mid-Atlantic Publication: What's Known ; Publication Date: February 2017 |
| A Review of the Literature to Identify Leading Indicators Related to Hispanic STEM Postsecondary Educational Outcomes The purpose of this study was to review recent peer-reviewed studies in order to identify malleable factors measured in K–12 settings that are related to students' postsecondary STEM success, particularly for Hispanic students. Postsecondary STEM success was defined as enrollment ... » more info |
Southwest Publication: What's Known ; Publication Date: April 2016 |
| A Second Follow-up Year for Measuring how Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement This REL Technical Brief examines whether, after two years of implementation, schools in Massachusetts using quarterly benchmark exams aligned with state standards in middle school mathematics showed greater gains in student achievement than those not doing so. A quasi-experimental ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Technical Brief |
| A Second Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills This Second Grade Teacher's Guide provides information for second grade teachers on how to support families as they practice foundational reading skills at home. It serves as a companion to the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guide, Foundational Skills to Support Reading ... » more info |
Southeast Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: February 2021 |
| A Status Report on Middle School Mathematics Assessment and Student Achievement in the Pacific Region This study answers one basic question: What is the status of student achievement in middle school mathematics in the Pacific Region jurisdictions? The findings provide a portrait of the types of mathematic assessments used in grades 7 and 8 and of how well students are performing. |
Pacific Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: January 2008 |
| A Study of the Effectiveness of a School Improvement Intervention (Success in Sight) Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 and its adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements, the nation's education systems have increased their focus on school improvement interventions that build school and teacher capacity to increase student achievement in ... » more info |
Central Publication: NCEE/REL Evaluation Report ; Publication Date: February 2012 |