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Gamse, Beth; Boulay, Beth; Rulf-Fountain, Alyssa; Unlu, Fatih – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
"The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (PL 107-110) established the Reading First Program (Title I, Part B, Subpart 1), a major federal initiative designed to help ensure that all children can read at or above grade level by the end of third grade. Reading First (RF) builds upon research indicating that effective reading instruction on…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Federal Programs, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Boulay, Beth; Gamse, Beth; Checkoway, Amy; Maree, Kenyon; Fox, Lindsay – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) has supported a multi-year study of the Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiative to learn about the process and impact of ELT. Abt Associates Inc. is conducting this research. The study has two components: 1) a planning and implementation component that explores the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Day, Extended School Year, Program Implementation
Boulay, Beth – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The primary objective of this study is to describe how reading programs are implemented in Reading First schools and in a group of schools serving similar populations of students. The surveys collected detailed information about reading programs from nationally representative samples of schools to illustrate how this billion dollar a year program…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Reading Instruction, Program Implementation