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Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC): A College-Preparatory English Language Arts Curriculum to Improve Students' Readiness for College-Level English and Future Careers through the In-Depth Study of Expository, Analytical, and Argumentative Reading and Writing

Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC) is a college-preparatory English language arts (ELA) curriculum developed by the California State University (CSU) to improve students' readiness for college-level English and future careers through the in-depth study of expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. ERWC consists of modules for grades 11 and 12 and is sometimes referred to as the ERWC 3.0. This report describes the process and findings of WestEd's independent evaluation to analyze whether the ERWC 3.0-including the newly developed grade 11 ERWC modules and the revised grade 12 ERWC modules-had a positive impact on student achievement and to document how the ERWC 3.0 was implemented in study schools. ERWC 3.0 includes 71 modules, with 65 modules published in the final version. The ERWC 3.0 also includes concept and portfolio mini

Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade

Published: 2022

English Language Arts Math Science & STEM

Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR): A Comprehensive, Strength-Based Approach to Improve Ninth-Grade Student Outcomes

Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) is a comprehensive, strength-based approach that uses eight interlocking strategies to build intentional staff-to-staff, staff-to-student, and student-to-student relationships in secondary schools. BARR is intended to target the challenges that students face when transitioning into high school, particularly in the ninth grade. The program focuses on creating a positive school culture by restructuring the ninth-grade experience, providing professional development for teachers, and using data to identify and support students who need extra help. BARR's eight strategies include: (1) Focus on the Whole Student, (2) Professional Development, (3) I-Time Curriculum, (4) Create Groups of Students with Common Teachers, (5) Hold Regular Block/Team Meetings, (6) Risk-Review Meetings, (7) Engage Families, and (8) Engage Administrators. These strategies aim to improve student outcomes, such as reducing course failure, improving attendance

Ninth Grade

Published: 2019

Math

Computer and Team Assisted Mathematical Acceleration (CATAMA) Lab

Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Ninth Grade

Published: 2008

English Language Arts

Descubriendo La Lectura (DLL): Addressing Literacy Needs of Struggling Spanish-Speaking First Graders

Descubriendo La Lectura (DLL) is an intensive, one-to-one literacy intervention that helps struggling first-grade English language learners (ELLs), while also drawing on Spanish-speaking students' cultural and native language assets through the unique potential of bilingualism. DLL is taught to first-grade students in their native Spanish language, reflecting the evidence that early interventions that build literacy proficiency in students' first language support long-term language and literacy achievement in both Spanish and English. The tutoring is highly structured with a set of prescribed activities for each lesson, including a portion devoted to phonics instruction. Teacher procedures include a high degree of progress monitoring through multiple recordkeeping procedures, such as the running record form-a detailed accounting of student progress completed during each lesson to inform the student's next lesson. In addition, the tutors regularly communicate with the classroom teachers to discuss student progress and coordinate reading strategies.

First Grade

Published: 2019

English Language Arts Science & STEM

Reading Apprenticeship: Integrating Literacy and Science Instruction in High School Biology

Reading Apprenticeship is a coherent instructional model that draws together research-based practices in reading instruction, including methods of engaging students in extensive reading; integrating explicit teaching of comprehension strategies; establishing relevance and making personal connections to reading materials and curriculum activities; identifying and using a variety of text structures to support comprehension; and supporting collaborative sensemaking activities with written materials. Reading Apprenticeship draws both on what teachers know and do as readers in particular domains of science, and on adolescents' underestimated strengths as learners. Teachers improve students' general reading comprehension and understanding of science curriculum materials by: engaging students in more science reading; making the teacher's science-specific reading processes and knowledge visible to students; making students' reading processes, knowledge, understandings and (mis) conceptions visible to the teacher and to one another; helping students gain insight into their own reading processes as a means of gaining strategic control over these processes; and helping students acquire a repertoire of science-specific problem-solving strategies for

Ninth Grade Tenth Grade

Published: 2009

English Language Arts

Four Reading Comprehension Curricula (Project CRISS, ReadAbout, Read for Real, and Reading for Knowledge): Improving Reading Comprehension Among Fifth-Grade Students

The study discusses four reading comprehension curricula: Project CRISS, ReadAbout, Read for Real, and Reading for Knowledge. These curricula aim to improve reading comprehension skills among fifth-grade students. They share common comprehension strategies, instructional strategies, and student activities, but differ in emphasis and approach. Project CRISS focuses on five keys to learning, including background knowledge, purpose setting, author's craft, active learning, and metacognition. ReadAbout teaches reading comprehension skills through a computer program, while Read for Real uses a six-volume set of books to teach reading strategies. Reading for Knowledge makes extensive use of cooperative learning strategies and a process called SQRRRL (Survey, Question, Read, Restate, Review, Learn).

Fifth Grade

Published: 2009

Science & STEM

12 for Life: Providing a rigorous STEM curriculum, combined with on-the-job-training, work/life skills development, mentoring, and employment opportunities to high school students who are at high risk of dropping out of school.

12 for Life is a program that targets high school students who are at high risk of dropping out of school. It provides a rigorous STEM curriculum, combined with on-the-job-training, work/life skills development, mentoring, and employment opportunities. The program is designed to accommodate the exceptional needs and individual circumstances of the students, with specific components such as a strengths-based approach, personalized learning, and access to supportive adults and peer networking. The program also includes apprenticeships, a STEM-focused secondary school program, and a student-staffed satellite plant where students work part-time.

Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade

Published: 2018

English Language Arts

Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) Program: A Literacy Program for Ninth-Grade Students Reading Two or More Years Below Grade Level

Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) is a program that aims to improve students' reading skills and academic performance. The program provides students with immediate and intensive instruction on the use of strategies that expert readers use to understand written texts, which in turn should improve students' reading comprehension. The ERO programs improve students' reading comprehension skills over the course of ninth grade. The program's theory of action depicts how the program's components are expected to lead to improved student outcomes. The ERO study assesses the impact of two supplemental literacy interventions across a range of contexts and a rigorous evaluation of the interventions' impact on students' reading comprehension skills and their academic performance as they move through high school.

Ninth Grade

Published: 2010

Other Academic Area

National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (NPDC): Increasing Teachers' Use of Evidence-Based Practices with Autistic Students in Elementary Schools

The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (NPDC) program is a comprehensive program model that aims to promote teachers' use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) with autistic students enrolled in elementary school special education and inclusive programs. The NPDC program involves a 1-day training academy for school A-Teams, which provides an orientation to the NPDC program model, an overview of EBPs, and the selection of EBPs to address identified student goals. The program also includes coaching assistance, where NPDC coaches work with teachers to implement EBPs with fidelity. Additionally, the program assesses program quality using the Autism Program Environment Rating Scale (APERS) and evaluates student progress using the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS).

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Published: 2020

Math

Classroom Assessment for Student Learning (CASL): Improving Teacher Knowledge and Practice of Classroom Assessment to Enhance Student Learning and Achievement

Classroom Assessment for Student Learning (CASL) is a professional development program in classroom and formative assessment published by the Assessment Training Institute of Pearson Education. CASL consists of the primary text of the same name and is designed to be completed in approximately one school year. Teachers in the intervention schools studied the CASL materials and applied the CASL practices and principles in their classrooms from November 2007 to May 2008 (the CASL training year). CASL is intended to target teacher knowledge of sound classroom assessment practices and principles. The CASL program is designed to be self-executing, without a coach or external facilitator. CASL aims to improve teacher assessment literacy by having teachers study and discuss the material in the CASL textbook in learning teams. CASL is organized around five key components of classroom assessment: assessment purposes, clear learning targets, sound classroom assessment practices, communication and management of results, and student involvement in classroom assessment. CASL endeavors to improve

Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Published: 2011