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Early Intervention in Reading (EIR): Preventing Reading Failure Among Low-Achieving First Grade Students

Early Intervention in Reading (EIR) is a program that targets reading achievement in early elementary school students, specifically those at risk for reading failure. The program includes repeated reading of familiar stories, coached reading of a new story, phonemic awareness training, systematic phonics instruction, guided sentence writing, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction. The program also has a teacher training component that includes nine months of internet sessions and telephone support.

First Grade

Published: 2008

English Language Arts

Scholastic READ 180: Improving Student Performance in Reading and Language Arts

Scholastic READ 180 is a reading intervention program intended to improve student performance in reading and language arts, specifically targeting students who are at risk of falling behind their peers. The program is designed for students in grades 4-8 and is typically implemented in a school setting. The program's content and implementation details are not explicitly stated in the document, but it is mentioned that the program is one of several reading interventions used by Community School District 23 to improve student performance.

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Published: 2005

Math Science & STEM

Rural Math Excel Partnership (RMEP) Project: Developing a Rural Workforce Qualified for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Jobs

Rural Math Excel Partnership (RMEP) Project

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Published: 2016

English Language Arts

Around the Corner (ATC): Improving Early Reading Skills for Preschool and Kindergarten Students

Around the Corner (ATC) is a program for both preschool and kindergarten students that enables teachers to show children how the world works for concepts that are not possible to illustrate in a classroom with actual objects. ATC includes computer activities and videos for children, and opportunities to view videos again at home (Home Links) provide the repeated experiences with language concepts and vocabulary that are necessary to language development. An additional component of the ATC intervention includes interactive, video-based professional development for teachers.

Preschool Kindergarten

Published: 2016

English Language Arts Math

Higher Achievement: Strengthening Academic Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviors, and Navigating the High School Application Process for Disadvantaged Middle School Students

Higher Achievement is an intensive summer and after-school program that targets rising fifth and sixth graders from at-risk communities, aiming to strengthen their academic skills, attitudes, and behaviors, and help them navigate the process of applying to and selecting a high-quality high school. The program provides up to 650 hours of academic instruction per year, as well as enrichment activities and targeted academic mentoring. It includes two main components: the Afterschool Academy and the Summer Academy, both of which participating scholars are required to attend. The Afterschool Academy is offered three days a week during the school year, and includes homework help, dinner, arts or recreation electives, community gatherings, and small-group academic instruction using a structured curriculum. The Summer Academy operates for six weeks, five days a week, and includes four core classes focusing on academic concepts, as well as electives and field trips.

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Published: 2013

English Language Arts Math

Lessons in Character: Teaching Character Education to Elementary School Students

Lessons in Character is a curriculum that aims to teach character education to students. The program consists of 24 lessons at each grade level, using a 'theme of the week' approach with stories, activities, daily and weekly writing assignments, and a class project. Teachers introduce the week's concept, read stories portraying that value in action, and engage students in targeted activities. Materials for students are available in English or Spanish, and the developer provides teaching resources such as binders with strategies, skills, suggestions, and techniques for teaching Lessons in Character.

Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Published: 2006

Math

Number Line Approach Combined with Cognitive Learning Strategies

The experimental intervention is a 27-lesson program that targets sixth-grade students with low fraction skills, focusing on the number line representation of fractions and incorporating cognitive learning strategies to improve learning and retention. The intervention includes explicit instruction, representational gestures, dual coding, spaced and interleaved practice, and feedback. The lessons are structured around a color run theme, where students practice counting aloud fractions of like denominators along the number line, and engage in games and activities to develop their understanding of fraction concepts, including magnitude judgments and equivalencies.

Sixth Grade

Published: 2019

English Language Arts Math Science & STEM

Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) Model: Improving Student Achievement by Building Relationships, Leveraging Real-Time Student Data, and Capitalizing on Student Strengths

Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) is a comprehensive, strength-based approach to education that aims to improve achievement for all students by improving a school's effectiveness at building relationships, leveraging real-time student data, and capitalizing on the strengths of each student. The BARR model includes eight strategies: (1) Focus on the Whole Student, (2) Provide Professional Development for Teachers, Counselors, Administrators, (3) Use BARR's I-Time Curriculum to Foster a Climate of Learning, (4) Create Cohorts of Students, (5) Hold Regular Meetings of the Cohort Teacher Teams, (6) Conduct Risk Review Meetings, (7) Engage Families in Student Learning, and (8) Engage Administrators. These strategies aim to improve student-teacher and teacher-teacher relationships, identify and address student challenges, and increase feelings of community and belonging among students.

Ninth Grade

Published: 2018

English Language Arts History & Social Studies

Drive to Write: A Program to Improve Student Writing through Technology and Teacher Support

Drive to Write is a coaching and professional development program for teachers designed to improve student writing, specifically targeting ninth-grade students in Global History classes who will face a challenging writing component on an upcoming state exam. The program includes a writing skills syllabus, a skills-based rubric, customized technology tools such as Doctopus and Goobric, and coaching sessions to help teachers use data to inform instruction and provide actionable feedback to students. Teachers participate in professional development sessions and receive coaching support to help them implement the program's tools and strategies in their classrooms.

Ninth Grade

Published: 2019

English Language Arts Science & STEM

Reading Apprenticeship: Improving Student Science Achievement and Grade Point Average

Reading Apprenticeship® is a program that targets improving student outcomes in literacy, science achievement, and grade point average. The program uses instructional strategies to help students build comprehension skills, overcome difficulties with reading, interact more deeply with text, gain interest in reading, and improve their confidence in reading. Teachers model comprehension strategies and help students practice these strategies, mentoring students in reasoning and problem-solving skills to handle more complex reading tasks. The program includes professional development for teachers, which can be delivered online or in-person, and provides teachers with a copy of the developer's e-book, Reading for Understanding.

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Published: 2023