Education & learning publications
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Screening for Trauma in Early Adolescence: Findings from a Diverse School District
The current study examines the prevalence of trauma experiences and traumatic stress in middle school students from a large urban school district serving a high proportion of diverse immigrant and…
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Name-aware language model adaptation and sparse features for statistical machine translation
We propose approaches improving statistical machine translation (SMT) performance, by developing name-aware language model adaptations and sparse features, in addition to extracting nameaware translation grammar and rules, adding name phrase…
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Reform Focus at NGEI Partnerships: Summarizing Initial NGEI Campus-Level Work to Improve Teacher Education
The report summarizes the five areas emphasized by the Bechtel Foundation for teacher education reform occurring as part of the program.
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Innovating Pedagogy 2015
This fourth report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency and are having an increasing effect on education. We proposed a long list of new educational terms, theories, and…
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Taking Stock of the Linked Learning District Initiative: Sixth Year Evaluation Report
Compared with similar peers in traditional high school programs, students participating in certified Linked Learning pathways are more likely to graduate from high school, less likely to drop out, and…
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Taking Stock of the Linked Learning District Initiative: Sixth Year Evaluation Report, Executive Summary
This report from SRI International’s multiyear evaluation of the California’s Linked Learning District Initiative is the first to include end-of-high school outcomes for students in Linked Learning pathways.
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Research Brief: Impact of the National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writers Program on Teachers and Students
SRI’s two-year random assignment evaluation found consistent program implementation and positive impacts of the National Writing Project’s College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP).
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Supporting Parent-Child Experiences with PEG+CAT Early Math Concepts: Report to the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative (Executive Summary)
The study focused on PEG+CAT, a first-generation transmedia program designed to promote children’s mathematics and approaches to learning (ATL) skills.
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Supporting Parent-Child Experiences with PEG+CAT Early Math Concepts: Report to the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative (Full Report)
The study presented here addresses the question of how time spent viewing and playing with PBS KIDS educational, non-commercial media at home, in family settings, can foster positive outcomes for…
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Supporting Parent-Child Experiences with PEG+CAT Early Math Concepts: Report to the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative (Report Highlights)
The study presented here addresses the question of how time spent viewing and playing with PBS KIDS educational, non-commercial media at home, in family settings, can foster positive outcomes for…
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Evaluation of Response to Intervention Practices for Elementary School Reading
This study examines the implementation of RtI in Grade 1–3 reading in 13 states during the 2011–12 school year, focusing on 146 schools that were experienced with RtI.
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Early Experiences with EdReady— A Tool for Improving Math College Readiness
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Postsecondary Success initiative is concerned with understanding how online technology applications can assess and improve students’ math readiness to better prepare them for postsecondary…