Sentences with phrase «assignment evaluation found»

One random - assignment evaluation found that sending parents that single postcard reminder about the importance of attending school increased attendance by 2.4 percent.

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The Commission, chaired by Dr. Paul Hill of the University of Washington, carefully reviewed the research on the impact of school choice on student achievement and included in its report the following statement: «The most rigorous school choice evaluations that used random assignment... found that academic gains from vouchers were largely limited to the African - American students in their studies.»

This report presents findings from the second year of the Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) study, a demonstration and random assignment evaluation of two supplemental literacy programs — Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy and Xtreme Reading — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade readers.

Evaluations using random assignment find few significant effects overall on student test scores and behaviors (Zief, Lauver, & Maynard, 2006).

This report discusses evaluation findings from a 15 - year longitudinal random assignment study of the effects of a high school reform initiative, Career Academy, which is a key component of the Linked Learning model.

In 2010, an evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program — based upon a random assignment analysis, i.e. «the gold standard» — found that vouchers in D.C. «raised students» probability of completing high school by 12 percentage points overall.»

This report offers a preview of promising findings from Foundations of Learning (FOL), a demonstration and random assignment evaluation in Newark and Chicago of an intervention that trains preschool teachers to better support children's behavior and emotional development.