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Song, Mengli; Garet, Michael S.; Yang, Rui; Atchison, Drew – American Educational Research Journal, 2022
This study was designed to assess the effects of states' adoption of more rigorous standards as part of the current wave of standards-based reform on student achievement using comparative interrupted time series analyses based on state-level NAEP data from 1990 to 2017. Results show that the effects of adopting more rigorous standards on students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Academic Standards, National Competency Tests
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Schueler, Beth E.; Asher, Catherine Armstrong; Larned, Katherine E.; Mehrotra, Sarah; Pollard, Cynthia – American Educational Research Journal, 2022
The public narrative surrounding efforts to improve low-performing K-12 schools in the United States has been notably gloomy. But what is known empirically about whether school improvement works, which policies are most effective, which contexts respond best to intervention, and how long it takes? We meta-analyze 141 estimates from 67 studies of…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kieffer, Michael J. – American Educational Research Journal, 2011
Using longitudinal data on a nationally representative U.S. cohort, this study examined the roles of language minority (LM) status and English proficiency in English reading growth across the elementary and middle school years. Piecewise growth modeling was used to compare English reading growth trajectories for native English speakers and LM…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Minorities, Native Speakers, Limited English Speaking