Education & learning publications
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Issue Brief: Student Support Teams
The brief describes the use of student support teams as a dropout prevention strategy based on a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 U.S. public high schools.
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How Clinical Coaches Support Candidate Development: Examining the Role of Clinical Coaches at CSU Fullerton to Improve Teacher Preparation
This report summarizes the initial work of California State University grantees participating in the NGEI. The report summarizes the five areas emphasized by the Bechtel Foundation for teacher education reform…
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Independent Evaluation of the Midwest CPC Expansion Project: Final Report
SRI conducted an independent evaluation of the Midwest Expansion of the Child-Parent Center (CPC) Program using a quasi-experimental design.
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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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College and career readiness: Course taking of deaf and hard of hearing secondary school students
The present study focused on DHH students’ college and career readiness by investigating their opportunities in secondary school to acquire college and career skills.
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Verizon Innovative Learning Minority Male Program Case Study Brief
The Verizon Innovative Learning Minority Male Program (VIL MM) provides minority, male, middle school students with opportunities to engage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning experiences in university…
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Online mathematics homework increases student achievement
In a randomized field trial with seventh-grade mathematics students, we evaluated whether an educational technology intervention increased mathematics learning.
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The added impact of parenting education in early childhood education programs: A meta-analysis
We examine the benefits to children’s cognitive and pre-academic skills of adding parenting education to ECE programs for children and consider the impacts of: parenting education programs of any type,…
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Compared to what? Variation in the impacts of early childhood education by alternative care type
In this paper, we estimate differential impacts of an early childhood intervention by alternative care type, using data from the Head Start Impact Study, a large-scale randomized evaluation.
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Verizon Innovative Learning Minority Male Program: Summer Program Evaluation Executive Summary
SRI International’s Center for Technology in Learning, with support from the Verizon Education Foundation, developed this research brief as part of a two year evaluation of the 2016 Verizon Innovative…
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Approaches to Improving Clinical Practice: Describing How NGEI Sites are Reforming Clinical Placement Experiences and Candidate Feedback Systems
As part of the Bechtel-funded New Generation of Educators Initiative (NGEI), California State University (CSU) grantees are reforming the clinical experience in their teacher preparation programs. This report describes selected…
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Taking Stock of the California Linked Learning District Initiative: Seventh-Year Evaluation Report
This report from SRI International’s multiyear evaluation is the first to include postsecondary outcomes for students in Linked Learning pathways and confirms many of the promising findings from previous years.