Education & learning publications
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Supporting and Measuring Career Readiness: Hot topics, Common Challenges, and Practical Resources
Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia convened representatives for a workshop to discuss how educators and researchers are addressing the development and measurement of career readiness.
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A Reason to SMiLE: Effective Literacy Instruction for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
In 2017, researchers from Education Development Center launched an evaluation of the impact of Structured Methods in Language Education on the literacy skills of students with significant cognitive disabilities.
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Postsecondary Outcomes of IB Diploma Programme Graduates in the U.S.
The International Baccalaureate’s 2-year Diploma Programme includes courses in six subject groups that emphasize interdisciplinary understanding and critical thinking skills.
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Evaluating implementation of evidence-based practices—Tip sheet series
The long-term goal of the State Systemic Improvement Plan and other federal and state early intervention and early childhood education initiatives is improved child and family outcomes.
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Part C child find funnel chart tool
The Child Find Funnel Chart tool is an Excel template for displaying data about infants and toddlers at each step of the Part C process for a set of infants…
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Investigating STEM Support and Persistence Among Urban Teenage African American and Latina Girls Across Settings
This study contributes to the emerging research literature on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) support and persistence activities among urban teenage African American and Latina girls.
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Child find self-assessment
The Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) is a valuable tool for State IDEA Part C programs seeking to improve their child find efforts.
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C2STEM: a System for Synergistic Learning of Physics and Computational Thinking
Synergistic learning combining computational thinking (CT) and STEM has proven to be an effective method for advancing learning and understanding in a number of STEM domains...
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Evaluation of National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writer’s Program 2015 SEED Grant
The National Writing Project’s College, Career, and Community Writers Program provides professional development for teachers in Grades 7–10 with the goal of improving students’ source-based argument writing.
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Emerging Leaders Program: Impacts on Students, Teachers, and Leaders in Three Sites
New Leaders partnered with SRI Education to undertake a randomized control trial of the Emerging Leaders program in three sites.
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A curriculum supplement that integrates transmedia to promote early math learning: A randomized controlled trial of a PBS KIDS intervention
Over the past decade, there has been heightened national attention given to early mathematics education. Educators, policy makers, and researchers have highlighted the importance of early mathematics learning for later…
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Elementary English learner classroom composition and academic achievement: The role of classroom-level segregation, number of english proficiency levels, and opportunity to learn
Using mixed methods, we investigated the association of the extent of English learner classroom-level segregation and number of EL English proficiency levels with elementary EL academic achievement.