Are there other student characteristics that coincide with
varied effects of the program?
Not exact matches
Two studies have examined infant media use and subsequent attention problems in school - aged children.45, 46 One
of these studies found that the
effects of television watching on infants» attention span
varied with the content
of the
programming.
In reviewing the available research on the
effects of segregation on educational opportunities for black students, Rivkin concludes the
effects of desegregation are most likely uneven and
vary by
program and context.
This policy recommendation is apparently based on a single study in 2000
of the Voyager summer learning
program, although they note that a major meta - analysis suggests widely
varying effect sizes from the evaluations
of different studies.
The authors found that intervention
effects did not
vary significantly by
program type, though the number
of studies
of each type was small enough that it would have been difficult to differentiate between
program effects.
In this set
of eight studies, Lalli and Feger (2005) was the sole example
of a study designed to compare the
effects of systematically
varied structures in teacher leader preparation
programs.
Rigorous studies (like this new study in Louisiana) often find at least some positive
effects from voucher
programs, and it is interesting and important to think about why the
effects of voucher
programs might
vary across contexts.
Despite different findings on kindergarten's long - term
effect on student achievement or how full - day
programs differ from half - day in terms
of quality and instruction, the issue remains that the amount
of instructional time kindergarteners receive
varies considerably from state to state, and district to district.
This study examined the relationship
of community college
programs and services to retention
of students in four community colleges, with an emphasis on determining whether outcomes
vary for students in occupational
programs and how student characteristics moderate these
effects, with the goal
of determining what is correlated with success.
Many have written about the nature
of programs in teacher education: too
varied, too theoretical, too much reliance on craft knowledge rather than based on elements
of research, too little research on the
effects of teacher preparation
programs, a lack
of attention to determining their
effects on student achievement, and so on.
Do
program effects vary by race / ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or number
of dual enrollment courses taken?
We show that the ranking
of preparation
programs varies significantly depending on whether or not school environment is taken into account via school fixed
effects.
Employing a difference - in - difference estimator, we find that the loan forgiveness
program decreased attrition
of teachers in shortage areas, although the
effects varied by subject.
The results
of such a withdrawal strategy could
vary substantially depending on investment performance during the period the
program is in
effect.
The observed numbers
of shelter intakes between 1994 and 2005, during which the spay / neuter
program was in place, were compared with projected numbers based on
varying the proportion
of cats in the voucher
program that were owned versus unowned to assess the
program's
effect (i.e., change in numbers
of shelter intakes).
Preventive interventions often find that treatment
effects for certain outcomes
vary across subgroups
of study participants.11, 12 In this study, we examine how domestic violence limits the effectiveness
of the home - visitation
program in preventing maltreatment.
The evaluation, among other tasks, measures the
effect of early childhood home visiting
programs on child and parent outcomes, measures how
effects vary for different
programs and populations, and measures the cost
of operating the
programs.
While specific
program components were not associated with greater effectiveness, longer follow - up duration was associated with greater injury rate reduction (p = 0.01) and intervention
effects varied by level
of care (p = 0.01), with the greatest
effect in intensive care unit interventions (IRR 0.14; 95 % CI 0.07, 0.30).