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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Perez, Maria; Anand, Priyanka; Speroni, Cecilia; Parrish, Tom; Esra, Phil; Socias, Miguel; Gubbins, Paul – American Institutes for Research, 2007
This report presents the results from a seven-month study of successful schools in California performed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR). It explored some of the concepts underlying the "successful schools" approach to defining education adequacy and considered their implications for analyzing educational adequacy in California. The…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Finance, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Bitter, Catherine; Perez, Maria; Parrish, Tom; Gonzalez, Raquel; Socias, Miguel; Salzfass, Lizzie; Chaney, Kassie; Gubbins, Paul; Anand, Priyanka; Dawson, Karl; Yu, Vicky; Delancey, Danielle; Estra, Phil – American Institutes for Research, 2005
Over the past decade, the standards-based reform movement in education has focused attention on the responsibility of schools and school systems to produce results in student learning. Nationally this focus is most evident with the implementation of accountability provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. However, even…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Intervention
Perez, Maria; Esra, Phil; Parrish, Thomas B.; Spain, Angeline; Anand, Priyanka; Socias, Miguel; Brock, Leslie; Graczewski, Cheryl; Linquanti, Robert – American Institutes for Research, 2004
In June of 1998, Proposition 227 was passed by 61 percent of the California electorate. Intended to change how the state's English learners (ELs) are instructed, Proposition 227 required that ELs be taught "overwhelmingly in English" through sheltered/structured English immersion (SEI) programs during a transition period and then transferred to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, State Legislation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness