TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Every Classroom, Every Day on High School Student Achievement
T2 - Results From a School-Randomized Trial
AU - Early, Diane M.
AU - Berg, Juliette K.
AU - Alicea, Stacey
AU - Si, Yajuan
AU - Aber, J. Lawrence
AU - Ryan, Richard M.
AU - Deci, Edward L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305R070025 to the University of Rochester. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - Every Classroom, Every Day (ECED) is a set of instructional improvement interventions designed to increase student achievement in math and English/language arts (ELA). ECED includes three primary components: (a) systematic classroom observations by school leaders, (b) intensive professional development and support for math teachers and instructional leaders to reorganize math instruction, assessment, and grading around mastery of benchmarks, and (c) a structured literacy curriculum that supplements traditional English courses, with accompanying professional development and support for teachers surrounding its use. The present study is a two-year trial, conducted by independent researchers, which employed a school-randomized design and included 20 high schools (10 treatment; 10 control) in five districts in four states. The students were ethnically diverse and most were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Results provided evidence that ECED improved scores on standardized tests of math achievement, but not standardized tests of ELA achievement. Findings are discussed in terms of differences between math and ELA and of implications for future large-scale school-randomized trials.
AB - Every Classroom, Every Day (ECED) is a set of instructional improvement interventions designed to increase student achievement in math and English/language arts (ELA). ECED includes three primary components: (a) systematic classroom observations by school leaders, (b) intensive professional development and support for math teachers and instructional leaders to reorganize math instruction, assessment, and grading around mastery of benchmarks, and (c) a structured literacy curriculum that supplements traditional English courses, with accompanying professional development and support for teachers surrounding its use. The present study is a two-year trial, conducted by independent researchers, which employed a school-randomized design and included 20 high schools (10 treatment; 10 control) in five districts in four states. The students were ethnically diverse and most were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Results provided evidence that ECED improved scores on standardized tests of math achievement, but not standardized tests of ELA achievement. Findings are discussed in terms of differences between math and ELA and of implications for future large-scale school-randomized trials.
KW - English/language arts achievement
KW - high school
KW - instruction
KW - math achievement
KW - school-randomized trial
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U2 - 10.1080/19345747.2015.1055638
DO - 10.1080/19345747.2015.1055638
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84957838757
SN - 1934-5747
VL - 9
SP - 3
EP - 29
JO - Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
JF - Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
IS - 1
ER -