Education & learning publications
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Evaluating Digital Learning for Adult Basic Literacy and Numeracy
Through this research, we set out to understand how ABE programs might use these technologies to improve the instruction they offer, whether such technologies are effective with low-skilled adults and…
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation- Learning Brief 4
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation led by SRI International and Child Trends.
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Expanding STEM opportunities through inclusive STEM‐focused high schools
This study examines the central assumption behind these schools—that they provide students from subgroups underrepresented in STEM with experiences that equip them academically and attitudinally to enter and stay in…
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Examining Teacher Preparation Program Feedback from CSU Systemwide Survey Data: Using the CTQ Completer Survey to Support Data-Driven Continuous Improvement
This report provides background on the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) Completer Survey, describing how California State University (CSU) grantees of the New Generation of Educators (NGEI) initiative can use…
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Developing protocols to support collaborative teacher reflection and professional learning for science argument writing
This white paper describes the development of a suite of teacher reflection protocols that structure generative conversations among teachers about instruction in support of students’ written scientific arguments.
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Review of Research on Clinical Practice in Teacher Preparation: What Do We Know and How Can We Advance Knowledge?
We share what research points to in terms of high-quality clinical preparation and recommend a more productive path for future teacher preparation research.
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Measuring Student Learning in Introductory Block-Based Programming: Examining Misconceptions of Loops, Variables, and Boolean Logic
This research aims to develop assessment items for measuring student understanding in introductory CS classrooms in middle school using a principled approach for assessment design.
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Learner Modeling for Adaptive Scaffolding in a Computational Thinking-Based Science Learning Environment
We develop a learner modeling and adaptive scaffolding framework for CTSiM –an open ended learning environment that supports synergistic learning of science and Computational Thinking for middle school students.
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Impact of the National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writers Program in High-Need Rural Districts
This paper reports on a district-randomized controlled trial of the National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP), implemented in high-need rural districts in 10 states.
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Access & Equity in Linked Learning: A Report on Pathway Access and Academic Outcomes for Traditionally Underserved Students
This brief describes the successes and challenges the districts have experienced in fostering access and equity in Linked Learning pathways, examining five groups of students frequently underserved by traditional schools.
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How big is that? Reporting the Effect Size and Cost of ASSISTments in the Maine Homework Efficacy Study
In this technical report, we present alternatives for explaining the effect size, building on the guidance of Lipsey et al., a leading researcher who developed broad recommendations for effect size…
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Graduation Outcomes of Students Who Entered New York City Public Schools in Grade 5 or 6 as English Learner Students
This study describes high school graduation outcomes for students who entered New York City schools in grade 5 or 6 as English learner students.