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"Research Matters" Articles from Educational Leadership, published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

The following articles were written and edited by AIR staff for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Each article sought to provide practical, research-based advice that administrators, principals, and teachers could immediately use to improve practice at the district, school, and classroom level.

Volume 63

May 2006: Challenging the Status Quo
Research Matters/The Potential of the Portfolio Approach

April 2006: Teaching the Tweens
Research Matters/Promoting Adolescents' Prosocial Behavior

March 2006: Improving Professional Practice
Research Matters/Moving to Evidence Based Professional Practice

February 2006: Helping Struggling Students
Research Matters/Technology to Help Struggling Students

November 2005: Assessment to Promote Learning
Research Matters/Challenges of Value-Added Assessment

October 2005: Reading Comprehension
Research Matters/Teaching Students to Interact with Text

September 2005: The Whole Child
Research Matters/Creating Culturally Responsive Schools

Volume 62

May 2005: Supporting New Educators
Research Matters/Improving Teacher Induction

April 2005: The Adolescent Learner
Research Matters/Fostering Adolescent Literacy

March 2005: Learning from Urban Schools
Research Matters/Positive Culture in Urban Schools

February 2005: How Schools Improve
Research Matters/How Student Progress Monitoring Improves Instruction

December 2004/January 2005: Educating Language Learners
Research Matters/Successful Strategies for English Language Learners

October 2004: Writing
Research Matters/Is Process Writing the "Write Stuff"?

September 2004: Teaching for Meaning
Research Matters/Teach Mathematics Right the First Time