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ASSISTments System: Providing Feedback on Computer-Based Algebra Homework in Middle-School Classrooms

ASSISTments is a computer-based homework system that provides individualized, just-in-time feedback to students. It targets middle school students' problem-solving skills in algebra. ASSISTments provides different types of feedback, including no feedback, verification feedback, correct-answer feedback, elaborated feedback, and try-again feedback. The system allows teachers to assign homework and assess student progress, and it also supports researchers in creating randomized controlled experiments.

Sixth Grade Seventh Grade

Published: 2016

English Language Arts Math

Tennessee Voluntary Prekindergarten Program (TN-VPK): Preparing Economically Disadvantaged Children for Kindergarten Entry

Tennessee Voluntary Prekindergarten program (TN-VPK) is a state-funded prekindergarten program offered to the neediest children in Tennessee. It is a full-day program that operates on the same calendar as the rest of the public school system in Tennessee, with a licensed teacher and aide in every classroom, a maximum of 20 children per class, and a curriculum chosen from a state-approved list.

Prekindergarten Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade

Published: 2015

Math

University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) Algebra: A Curriculum to Support Student Development of Deeper Conceptual Mathematical Understanding

University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) is a curriculum that aims to support student development of deeper conceptual mathematical understanding. The curriculum presents students with challenging mathematics and aids in student acquisition of skills and concepts. It focuses on bringing the real world into the classroom by emphasizing reading, problem-solving, everyday applications, and the use of calculators, computers, and other technologies. Each UCSMP course includes a student textbook, teacher's edition, teacher resources, assessment resources, and technology resources. Lessons in the student book contain activities, full examples, and partially completed guided examples to model skills and problem-solving. Students are encouraged to assess their own understanding with an End-of-Chapter Self-Test correlated to objectives. Projects provided at the end of each chapter are designed as extended activities, giving students experience using real data.

Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Twelfth Grade

Published: 2016

Math

Fusion: A Tier 2 Grade 1 Mathematics Intervention for Students at Risk in Whole-Number Concepts and Skills

Fusion is a Tier 2 Grade 1 mathematics intervention designed for students at risk in whole-number concepts and skills. The program targets critical whole-number content and is intended to strengthen students' conceptual understanding and procedural fluency in mathematics. The Fusion curriculum consists of 60 lessons, each lasting 30 minutes, delivered over a period of 20 weeks. Each lesson includes the explicit introduction of new content and systematic practice and review in four to five brief, scripted mathematics activities. Lessons use a variety of math models and contain teacher modeling, scaffolded instructional examples, and opportunities for teachers to provide academic feedback based on student responses to individual and group questions.

First Grade

Published: 2014

English Language Arts

Reading Partners: One-on-one Tutoring Program to Improve Reading Proficiency Among Elementary School Students

Reading Partners is a one-on-one tutoring program that targets elementary school students who are half a year to two and a half years below grade level in reading. The program uses community volunteers to provide individualized reading instruction to students in kindergarten through grade 5. The program's curriculum is structured and modularized, with each lesson following a consistent structure that includes a tutor read-aloud, introduction of a new skill or concept, and student application of the skill or concept. The program also uses data to inform instruction, with students being assessed three times a year using the Rigby PM Benchmark assessment. The program's goal is to improve students' reading proficiency, particularly in the areas of sight word efficiency, reading fluency, and comprehension.

Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Published: 2015

English Language Arts

Little Books: Improving General Reading Achievement Among Kindergartners

Little Books is a program intended to target early reading skills in kindergartners. The program involves the use of small books at home, at school, or both, to foster early reading. The document does not provide further details on the content of the program or how to develop, implement, and carry out the program.

Kindergarten

Published: 2007

English Language Arts

Opening Doors Learning Communities: Placing Students in Learning Communities to Promote Student Involvement, Persistence, and Academic Success

The Opening Doors Learning Communities program at Kingsborough Community College

Postsecondary

Published: 2012

Non-Academic Area

Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)-based Interventions

Functional Behavioral Assessment-based Interventions

First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Kindergarten

Published: 2016

Science & STEM

Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) Space Science Sequence: Teaching Space Science Concepts to Elementary School Students

Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) Space Science Sequence is an instructional curriculum for grades 3-5 that covers fundamental concepts, including planetary sizes and distance, the Earth's shape and movement, gravity, and moon phases and eclipses. The sequence utilizes models, hands-on investigations, peer-to-peer discussions, reflection, and informational student readings. Students complete four units, each lasting between four and nine sessions. Each unit builds upon knowledge from previous units and can be used independently or in conjunction with one another for an overall learning progression. The curriculum comes with a teacher's guide, a materials kit, and master copies for duplication or electronic presentation. Teachers are provided with ongoing training and support through more than 60 GEMS network sites and centers.

Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Published: 2012

Math

Rural Math Innovation Network (RMIN): A program to incorporate social-emotional learning factors of academic self-efficacy and growth mindset into lesson plans for teaching career-readiness math competencies to high-need students

Rural Math Innovation Network (RMIN) is a 4-year project that aims to improve student achievement and attainment in low-income communities by incorporating social-emotional learning (SEL) factors of academic self-efficacy and growth mindset into lesson plans for teaching career-readiness math competencies. RMIN objectives include preparing teachers to innovate lesson plans with SEL strategies, providing supports for teachers to innovate and implement SEL math lessons, establishing technology capacity for teachers to develop and implement SEL math lessons, and achieving a student passage rate increase of 25% on career-readiness math assessments.

Eighth Grade Ninth Grade

Published: 2020