Author: Rebecca A. Schmidt
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Scaling Up Teacher Induction: Implementation and Impact on Teachers and Students
With funding from a U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) scale-up grant, NTC tested strategies for scaling its validated induction model to 301 schools in five school districts serving high proportions of students of color and students from low-income households.
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Shining a Light on Algebra I Access and Success: Embracing Equity at All Levels
This REL Appalachia blog summarizes a recent IES report, examining Algebra I course taking pathways and outcomes based on students’ performance on Virginia’s grade 5 statewide math test.
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Evaluation of the New Teacher Center (NTC) i3 scale-up grant: Cohort 1 preliminary teacher and student impact
SRI is conducting an independent five-year evaluation of the New Teacher Center’s federally funded Investing in Innovation Scale-up grant.
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Comparing the Achievement of Students in Virtual Virginia and Face-to-Face Courses
The department partnered with REL Appalachia to examine the relationship between students’ participation in online courses and their performance on end-of-course exams.
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Evaluation of the New Teacher Center (NTC) i3 Scale-up grant: Teacher practice impacts
SRI’s analysis of outcomes for teachers participating in the scale-up of the New Teacher Center’s intensive program for beginning teachers found that NTC induction had a positive impact on teacher classroom practice.
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The Study of Implementation of the ESEA Title I – Part C Migrant Education Program
SRI conducted a study to examine how state MEP grantees and local/regional subgrantees implemented the program’s central components to achieve its longer-term goals of reducing barriers to migratory children’s school success.
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Pathway Schools Initiative: Fundamental evaluation summary
This report summarizes the progress made by the schools that participated in the Pathway Schools Initiative through the 2017–18 school year.
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Issue brief: Academic support classes
This brief on academic support classes is the twelfth in a series of briefs with key findings about these high school improvement strategies.
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A comprehensive model of teacher induction: Implementation and impact on teachers and students evaluation of the New Teacher Center’s i3 validation grant, final report
SRI Education’s evaluation of the New Teacher Center’s Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation grant examined the impact of the NTC induction model on teacher practice and student achievement.
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Impact of the New Teacher Center’s new teacher induction model on teachers and students
SRI Education’s evaluation of the New Teacher Center’s (NTC’s) Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation grant revealed positive impacts of NTC’s induction model on student achievement in mathematics and English language arts.
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Study of Experiences and Needs of Rural Education Achievement Program Grantees
This study’s objective was to examine state and district practices and perspectives regarding REAP, how districts use REAP funds and REAP-Flex, and states’ and districts’ recommendations for improving program operations.
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Classroom trials: A study of instruction with writing software
This was a descriptive study on how secondary teachers implementing the Common Core State Standards for literacy used writing software to facilitate their instruction.