Education & learning publications
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Findings for the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood: Evaluation of Minnesota’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Access Strategies: Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives Summary for Years 1–3
This report provides a brief summary of evaluation findings about the implementation and impacts of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives in…
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Findings for White Earth Nation: Evaluation of Minnesota’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Access Strategies: Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives Summary for Years 1–3
This report provides a brief summary of evaluation findings about the implementation and impacts of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives in the…
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Evaluation for Minnesota’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Funds to Promote Access to High-Quality Programs: Year 3 Final Scholarship Implementation Annual Report
This is the final annual report on the evaluation of Minnesota’s Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) focusing on the Race to the Top – Early Learning…
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Influences on the Scaling of Digital Learning Resources
SRI’s analysis of data from more than 20 digital learning products suggest that for technologies designed for use within schools, achieving effectiveness and achieving scale can be hard to do…
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Next Generation STEM Learning for All: Envisioning Advances Based on NSF Supported Research
The STEM Forum exemplified how diverse stakeholders can work together to envision, create, and implement successful STEM schools and STEM learning experiences.
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Factors Affecting Mental Health Service Utilization among California Public College and University Students: Who Accesses Resources and Who Doesn’t?
Despite having access to campus mental health providers and insurance to cover services, many college students do not receive necessary services. This study examined factors influencing college students’ use of…
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Lessons Learned From Early Implementations of Adaptive Courseware
To address the urgent need to improve student outcomes in developmental and general education courses, higher education institutions are turning to new learning technologies.
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Summary of research on the association between state interventions in chronically low-performing schools and student achievement
This report presents a summary of research on the associations between state interventions in chronically low-performing schools and student achievement.
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Replacing Teacher Evaluation Systems with Systems of Professional Growth: Lessons from Three California School Districts and Their Teachers’ Unions
This report draws lessons from three California school districts and their teachers’ unions that have charted a different course and determined that the purpose of evaluation should be to improve…
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Empowering Adults to Thrive at Work: Personal Success Skills for 21st Century Jobs. A Report on Promising Research and Practice
From interviews with experts and a review of research literature, the report provides resources and recommendations to advance practice, research, and policy.
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Toddler naps in child care: Associations with demographics and developmental outcomes
The objectives were to characterize the rate, duration, and factors associated with napping in a large, nationally representative sample of toddlers attending child care.
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Validity of the data from the child outcomes summary process: Findings from the ENHANCE Project
This brief describes findings from the ENHANCE study that sought to answer the question of whether the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) process produces valid ratings for measuring the child outcomes…