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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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Ma, Xin; Shen, Jianping; Krenn, Huilan Y. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
Using national data from the 2007-08 School and Staffing Survey, we compared the relationships between parental involvement and school outcomes related to adequate yearly progress (AYP) in urban, suburban, and rural schools. Parent-initiated parental involvement demonstrated significantly positive relationships with both making AYP and staying off…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Rural Schools
Vanlaar, Gudrun; Denies, Katrijn; Vandecandelaere, Machteld; Van Damme, Jan; Verhaeghe, Jean Pierre; Pinxten, Maarten; De Fraine, Bieke – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
This study investigated the effect of class practices on students' learning gains in reading comprehension in the 5th grade. A sample of 4,344 students in 283 classes in 176 schools was studied. Several class practices that have previously been demonstrated to be effective were tested while controlling for student characteristics and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, At Risk Students, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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McNaughton, Stuart; Lai, Mei Kuin; Hsiao, Selena – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
Intervention models based on data use can be effective in raising student achievement. This article presents 3 studies of one such model which had reported improved reading comprehension levels in 7 poor urban multicultural schools serving indigenous and ethnic minority communities. The intervention (the Learning Schools Model) used a process…
Descriptors: Replication (Evaluation), Intervention, Models, Data