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Success for All: A Reading Program for Elementary School Students

Success for All (SFA) is a reading program that targets early-grade students, particularly those in high-poverty schools, with the goal of ensuring that every child learns to read well in the elementary grades. SFA includes several specific features: a kindergarten through grade 6 reading program that emphasizes phonics for beginning readers and comprehension for all students; instruction that is characterized by 'scripted,' briskly paced lesson plans that make extensive use of cooperative learning in pairs and small groups; cross-grade ability grouping for reading, with many students leaving their homeroom to receive reading instruction from another teacher, and quarterly regrouping; frequent assessments of student learning; computerized small-group tutoring and individual tutoring for students who need additional assistance; staff committees ('Solutions Teams') that address academic, behavior, and attendance issues and that promote parent and community involvement; and schoolwide and classroom programs to develop social and conflict resolution skills. The program also includes initial and ongoing professional development for

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Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade
Published: 2015
English Language Arts Math

Project RISE (Realizing Instructional Supports for English Language Learners): Improving the Educational Outcomes of English Language Learners (ELLs) in Grades 9-12

Project RISE (Realizing Instructional Supports for English Language Learners) is a program that aims to improve the educational outcomes of English language learners (ELLs) in Grades 9-12 by changing teachers' instructional practices and several key structures in which students and teachers are organized. The program establishes collaborative, interdisciplinary teaching teams responsible for shared heterogeneous cohorts of students in classrooms that integrate instruction of language and content using collaborative experiential projects across the curriculum. To establish these program components in participating schools, Project RISE provides instructional resources and school-level supports, such as coaching and professional development, to teachers and school leaders.

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Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade
Published: 2018
English Language Arts Math Science & STEM History & Social Studies

MyTeachingPartner-Secondary (MTP-S): Coaching Program to Enhance Teacher-Student Interactions and Improve Student Achievement

MyTeachingPartner-Secondary (MTP-S) is a program that targets improving teacher-student interactions in middle and high school classrooms. MTP-S has two components: a video library of annotated examples of best practice and web-based individualized coaching. The video library contains over 400 video clips of teachers interacting with students, organized by CLASS-S dimensions, which include Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support. Teachers participating in the MTP-S coaching program receive web-based support from a trained consultant throughout the school year, submitting videotaped sessions of their own instruction and receiving feedback linked to effective practices from the video library.

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Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade
Published: 2015
English Language Arts

Word Learning Strategies (WLS) Program: Teaching Word Learning Strategies to Improve Vocabulary Skills and Reading Comprehension among Elementary School Students, particularly English Learners and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds

Word Learning Strategies (WLS) is a supplemental program for teaching word learning strategies intended to target vocabulary skills and reading comprehension in elementary school students, particularly those with high numbers of English learners and students from low-income backgrounds. The WLS program includes a set of practical, research-based, and theoretically sound strategies for inferring the meanings of unknown words that students encounter while reading. The program prepares teachers to teach word learning strategies and to explain to students why the strategies are important for reading. The program is composed of 15 weeks of whole-class instruction, an additional 22 remedial web-based lessons for students who need more practice, three web-based lessons on Spanish cognates for Spanish-speaking English learners, and three web-based lessons on idioms for all English learners. The whole-class instruction is delivered three days a week for about 30 minutes per day throughout the 15-week period.

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Fourth Grade
Published: 2019
Non-Academic Area

Accelerated College Credit Programs: Improving High School Graduation and College Enrollment Rates, Reducing Need for Developmental Education Courses

Accelerated college credit programs, including dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and Advanced Placement (AP) test-taking, are designed to enable high school students to earn college credit. These programs aim to improve high school graduation and college enrollment rates, as well as reduce the need for developmental education courses. Dual enrollment allows students to attend college courses taught by college faculty, while concurrent enrollment involves high school instructors teaching college-level courses. AP test-taking is based on a standardized assessment, with many colleges granting credits based on scores. The programs are intended to target high school students, particularly those who are economically disadvantaged, racial/ethnic minorities, or high academic achievers in grade 8.

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Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade
Published: 2021