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Curriculum Efficacy Studies

Supplemental reading support program for Renaissance Learning. Randomized control trial with pre/post student assessments, classroom observations, teacher interviews, and implementation logs to assess the efficacy of the Accelerated Reader program in improving students' reading skills, monitor teachers' use of the program, and gauge teachers' perceptions of the program. Click here to view the final report.

Basal reading curriculum for Scott Foresman. Multi-year cluster randomized control trial with 2,200 students in 106 classrooms across 7 school districts utilizing pre/post student assessments, site visits with interviews, observations, and focus groups, and weekly implementation monitoring.

Intensive intervention reading program for Scott Foresman. Multi-year randomized control trial design using pre/post student measures, site visits, and implementation logs to gauge program utility, ease of use, and effectiveness for struggling readers.

Comprehensive literacy program for Pearson Learning Group. Cluster randomized trial conducted across 3 school districts designed to assess the program’s ease of use, its impact on student performance, and teachers’ implementation fidelity.

Comprehensive reading program for Harcourt Achieve. Quasi-experimental design using matched comparison groups, pre/post student assessments, and thorough implementation monitoring to measure the effects of the reading program on student performance.

Planet Impact supplemental curriculum for Space Telescopes Science Institute. Experimental design using randomly assigned treatment and comparison groups and pre/post assessments to assess student learning in the eighth grade on forces and motion.

Mississippi Department of Transportation’s TRAC program. Case study and quasi-experimental designs with pre/post student assessment measures, site visit observations and interviews, and online surveys to assess implementation and impacts of the TRAC program, which emphasizes careers in transportation and civil engineering.

 
   


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