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Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC): Improving Reading Comprehension and General Reading Achievement Among Beginning Readers

Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) is a curriculum that integrates reading and writing instruction to improve students' comprehension and general reading achievement. CIRC lessons use small groups, partner reading, story structure, words out loud, word meaning, story retelling, spelling, direct instruction in reading comprehension, and independent reading to develop students' reading skills. Teachers receive a one-day training in CIRC and are given assistance via observation and behavioral consultation sessions to support implementation.

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Third Grade Fourth Grade
Published: 2012

Math

POWERSOURCE © Intervention: Improving Student Understanding of Basic Mathematical Principles

POWERSOURCE © is a formative assessment intervention that targets middle-school mathematics, specifically focusing on key mathematical principles that are prerequisites to mastering algebra. The intervention includes a system of learning-based assessments and an infrastructure to support teachers' use of those assessments to improve student learning. POWERSOURCE © assessments are designed to be short, targeted, and easily incorporated into existing curricula, with a focus on four domains: rational number equivalence, properties of arithmetic, principles for solving linear equations, and application of core principles to other critical areas of mathematics. The intervention also includes professional development for teachers, which provides guidance on understanding student responses to the assessments, teaching activities, and sample scripts to help students grasp key concepts.

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Sixth Grade
Published: 2009

Non-Academic Area

Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP): Preparing Disadvantaged Students to Succeed in College

Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) is a network of public charter schools that focuses on preparing disadvantaged students to succeed in college. KIPP's model emphasizes high expectations, an extended school day and year, character development, and effective teachers and school leaders.

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Fifth Grade Sixth Grade
Published: 2019

English Language Arts

Kentucky Cognitive Literacy Model (KCLM): Targeted Intervention for Struggling Adolescent Readers

Kentucky Cognitive Literacy Model (KCLM) is a targeted intervention that assists students who are significantly behind grade level in reading by providing them with the supports to be successful in learning across the curriculum. The KCLM framework consists of four components: motivation and engagement, strategic processing, instructional strategies, and communication skills. The intervention is designed to engage students in reading a variety of level-appropriate texts related to essential questions for each content-related unit, including nonfiction, informational and procedural documents, and narrative texts. The KCLM model is implemented through a daily class that meets for at least 45 minutes for the entire year, with a maximum class size of 20 students. Teachers are trained to implement the KCLM model through a professional development program that includes summer training, follow-up workshops, and on-site coaching and support. The KCLM model emphasizes the use of thematic instruction with project/inquiry-based learning to produce students who are more fully engaged and

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Ninth Grade
Published: 2012