All Reports
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Thursday, January 27, 2005
Effects of Outdoor Education Programs for Children in California
AIR conducted an evaluation to measure the impacts of week-long residential outdoor education programs for at-risk sixth graders in California. As described by California Assembly Bill (AB) Number 1330, Chapter 663, the Outdoor Environmental Education Program is designed to "foster stewardship of the environment and an appreciation of the importance of the wise use of natural resources."
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Saturday, January 1, 2005
Works in Progress: A Report on Middle and High School Improvement Programs
Works in Progress: A Report on Middle and High School Improvement Programs is the Comprehensive School Reform Quality (CSRQ) Center’s initial contribution to provide reliable information and assistance to middle and high school educators and education reformers so that they can undertake effective improvement.
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Monday, December 6, 2004
Becoming an Educated Consumer of Research
This paper is a primer from which practitioners can draw when they are faced with new and unfamiliar research. It is an attempt to flesh out the most important aspects of quality research and to explain how those not trained in advanced research methods can be effective consumers of education research.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Theoretical Arguments For and Against Single-Sex Schools
The primary purpose of this paper is to enumerate, categorize, and critique extant explanations for why single-sex schools should be more or less effective than coeducation schools, in what realms, and for what outcomes.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004
The Use of Simulation for Training Teamwork Skills in Health Care: How Low Can You Go?
Low cost technologies, such as case studies, role plays, and part task trainers, have been effectively used to train teamwork related knowledge, skills, and attitudes in several high risk industries. Although trainees and instructional developers may prefer the ‘‘bells and whistles’’ of full mission simulators, we implore them to at least explore the use of lower fidelity alternatives, especially during the earliest phases of teamwork skill acquisition.
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Saturday, May 1, 2004
Federal Sample Sizes for Confirmation of State Tests in the No Child Left Behind Act
This paper addresses statistical aspects of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. One of the goals of this paper is to further the discussion on how gaps in performance might be defined and to offer candidate gap estimators. Each of the candidate definitions of gap given will be evaluated with respect to three quantitative measures of student performance derived from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
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Saturday, May 1, 2004
Assigning Adaptive NAEP Booklets Based on State Assessment Scores: A Simulation Study of the Impact on Standard Errors
The purpose of this simulation was to assess the improvements in standard errors of estimates that could be expected if students participating in NAEP were pre-assigned to test booklets that were adapted to their level of performance based on their state assessment scores.
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Saturday, May 1, 2004
Evaluation of Bias Correction Methods for “Worst-case” Selective Non-participation in NAEP
This study estimated the potential bias from "worst-case" scenarios of selective non-participation in NAEP, and examined the extent to which statistical methods can correct for that bias.
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Saturday, April 24, 2004
The Evaluation of the National School District and Network Grants Program: Year 2 Evaluation Report
When the data analyzed in this report were collected in spring of 2003, the first small high schools created under the initiative were in their second year of operation; most of the small schools created through conversion of an existing large high school were in their first year as small entities; another group of small schools had opened just the previous fall or were still in the planning stage. Although it is still early to look at outcomes, the evaluation does have a growing database that can be used to examine some of the key questions.
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Sunday, March 7, 2004
Determining the Cost of Providing All Children in New York an Adequate Education
Determining the Cost of Providing All Children in New York an Adequate Education was a fifteen-month project to determine the cost of providing all New York public school students an “adequate” education.
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Saturday, February 28, 2004
Highlights from the 2003 Maryland State Assessment of Adult Literacy
This report summarizes key findings from the 2003 Maryland State Assessment of Adult Literacy.
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Saturday, February 28, 2004
Highlights from the 2003 Kentucky State Assessment of Adult Literacy
This report summarizes key findings from the 2003 Kentucky State Assessment of Adult Literacy.
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Saturday, February 28, 2004
Highlights from the 2003 Massachusetts State Assessment of Adult Literacy
This report summarizes key findings from the 2003 Massachusetts State Assessment of Adult Literacy.
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Saturday, February 28, 2004
Highlights from the 2003 Missouri State Assessment of Adult Literacy
This report summarizes key findings from the 2003 Missouri State Assessment of Adult Literacy.
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Saturday, February 28, 2004
Highlights from the 2003 New York State Assessment of Adult Literacy
This report summarizes key findings from the 2003 New York State Assessment of Adult Literacy.
