Evaluating Three Programs Using a School Effectiveness Model: Direct Instruction, Target Teach, and Class Size Reduction

Autor/in	Thompson, Bruce
Titel	Evaluating Three Programs Using a School Effectiveness Model: Direct Instruction, Target Teach, and Class Size Reduction
Quelle	In: Third Education Group Review, 2 (2006) 3, (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-2870
Schlagwörter	Class Size; Program Evaluation; Academic Achievement; School Effectiveness; Program Effectiveness; Direct Instruction; Models; Poverty; Federal Legislation; Experiments; Low Income Groups; Regression (Statistics); Scores; Statistical Analysis; Simulation; Comparative Analysis; Researchers; Wisconsin; Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassengröße; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Schulleistung; Schuleffizienz; Direct instructional procedues; Direct instructional approach; Unterrichtsverfahren; Analogiemodell; Armut; Bundesrecht; Erprobung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Researcher; Forscher
Abstract	Value-added models, which rate schools for effectiveness while taking into account the poverty and other socioeconomic status of the students, are generating increased interest. This paper describes the use of one such model to evaluate whether school ratings changed when three new programs were introduced: the "Target Teach" curriculum alignment, direct instruction, and the SAGE class-size reduction. Average ratings for the schools introducing curriculum alignment and direct instruction underwent statistically significant increases. Those implementing the SAGE class-size reduction did not. The paper discusses possible reasons for the findings and the strengths and limitations of this approach to program evaluation. (Contains 1 figure, 6 tables and 14 endnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Third Education Group. http://www.tegr.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10