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The Expert Mathematician: Middle School Mathematics Curriculum-Based Intervention to Improve Mathematics Achievement

The Expert Mathematician is a mathematics curriculum that targets middle school mathematics achievement. To prepare to teach this curriculum, teachers work through each lesson ahead of their students, following developer-provided instructions. Teachers may introduce or review concepts at the outset of class or alternate direct instruction days with generative learning days. The curriculum encourages teachers to reinforce successes, gently correct mathematical interpretations of activities, and suggest investigations to extend learning. Teachers try to promote critical-thinking skills by prodding students to explain a concept, called the 30-second probe.

Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade

Published: 2006

Other Academic Area

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program: Preventing High School Dropouts Among At-Risk Youth

The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program is a program that targets at-risk youth who have dropped out of or been expelled from high school, and are unemployed, not heavily involved with the criminal justice system, drug free, and legal residents of the state in which the program is offered. The program consists of three phases: a two-week residential introduction to the program's rules and expectations, a 20-week residential phase that focuses on eight components (leadership, responsible citizenship, service to community, life-coping skills, physical fitness, health and hygiene, job skills, and academic excellence), and a one-year post-residential phase that involves structured mentoring.

Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade

Published: 2010

English Language Arts

Striving Readers Program: Targeted Interventions (READ 180 and Xtreme Reading) and Whole-School Intervention (SIM-CERT) to Improve Reading Achievement

The Striving Readers grant requires the implementation of both targeted and whole-school literacy interventions. The Springfield and Chicopee Public School Districts are implementing two targeted interventions: READ 180 Enterprise Edition and Xtreme Reading. Both targeted interventions are provided as a supplement to the regular English Language Arts curriculum in the participating schools. The whole-school intervention is the Strategic Instruction Model Content Enhancement Routines for Teachers (SIM-CERT). READ 180 is an intensive literacy curriculum developed for struggling readers in grades 4 through 12 to bring their reading skills to grade-level standards and to promote reading comprehension. Xtreme Reading has a meta-cognitive approach focusing heavily on explicit strategy instruction. SIM-CERT provides reading strategies to improve literacy instruction across all disciplines.

Ninth Grade

Published: 2012

English Language Arts Math Science & STEM

Teacher Advancement Program (TAP): Improving Teacher Quality to Raise Student Achievement

Chicago TAP is a schoolwide reform model that links teacher performance measures to pay and aligns mentoring and professional development with the performance measures so that teachers have the resources to improve their practice. Chicago TAP provides teachers with opportunities for professional growth through weekly cluster meetings, mentoring, and leadership roles. Teachers can earn extra pay and take on increased responsibilities through promotion (to mentor teacher or master teacher), and they become eligible for annual performance bonuses based on a combination of their contribution to student achievement (known as "value added") and observed performance in the classroom.

Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade

Published: 2012

Math

CATS Fractions-Related Math Video Games: Improving Fractions Knowledge in Sixth-Grade Students

The Center for Advanced Technology in Schools (CATS) fractions-related math video games is a program that targets fractions knowledge in sixth-grade students. The program consists of four video games (Wiki Jones, Save Patch, Tlaloc's Book, and Rosie's Rates) that are designed to teach rational numbers and fractions in a predetermined order over 10 days. Students play the games independently in a predetermined sequence, with three games played for two 40-minute classroom periods and one game (Save Patch) played for four periods.

Sixth Grade

Published: 2015

Science & STEM Math

Citizen Schools' Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Apprenticeships: Increasing Student Exposure, Engagement, and Interest in STEM Subjects

Citizen Schools Expanded Learning Time (ELT) model

Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade

Published: 2018

English Language Arts

Reading Mastery

Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Published: 2013

English Language Arts

Early Literacy Skills Builder (ELSB): Teaching Early Literacy Skills to Students with Severe Disabilities

Early Literacy Skills Builder (ELSB) is a comprehensive early literacy intervention that targets foundational early literacy skills, including early phonics, phonological awareness, comprehension, and the conventions of reading and print awareness, for students with severe disabilities.

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade

Published: 2020

English Language Arts Math Science & STEM

KIPP: Providing Public Charter Schools for Underserved Students to Enroll in and Graduate from College

KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) is a national network of public charter schools whose stated mission is to help underserved students enroll in and graduate from college. KIPP began exclusively as a middle school program in 1994, but began expanding into the elementary and high school levels in 2004. By 2009-2010, KIPP was educating students in grades prekindergarten through 12, and as of 2014-2015 the network included 162 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 59,495 students. Prior studies have consistently found that attending a KIPP middle school positively affects student achievement, but few have addressed longer-term outcomes and no rigorous research exists on impacts of KIPP schools at levels other than middle school. As the KIPP network continues to grow, it faces the challenge of building a pipeline of leaders to effectively serve more students and schools. In 2010, the KIPP Foundation was awarded a five-year,

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade

Published: 2015

English Language Arts Math Science & STEM

Florida Master Teacher Initiative: Enhancing Early Learning Instruction for High-Need Preschool through Grade 3 Students

The Florida Master Teacher Initiative (FMTI) is a collaborative professional development effort aimed at improving early learning instruction for high-need preschool through grade 3 students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The program consists of four main components: a job-embedded graduate degree program with an early childhood specialization, a Teacher Fellows program, a Principal Fellows program, and Summer Leadership Institutes. The program aims to enhance early learning instruction by developing a professional learning community among school staff and improving teachers' skills in instruction, research, and leadership.

Preschool Prekindergarten Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Published: 2015