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Narrative & Experience in Multicultural Education (2005) as an exemplar of puzzle-driven narrative inquiry - This edited book is presented as an exemplar of narrative inquiry applied to multicultural issues in education.
Narratives from five exemplary communities illustrating systems change components in practice - The brief includes practice narratives from "five exemplary communities that have embarked on systems change efforts," used to show "how these components play out in practice." These narratives serve
National coaching survey of coaches, teachers, and administrators - A 2019 national online survey designed by Digital Promise and Learning Forward "using validated survey questions from the Dynamic Learning Project," distributed via email on October 2, 2019 and closed
National dataset of over 2 million kindergarten students used to estimate 2010-2017 school-entry skill trends - The study draws on assessment data from a very large national sample of kindergarten students to estimate trends in math and reading skills at school entry between 2010 and 2017.
National Evaluation of Charter Middle Schools - A federal evaluation, conducted under the associated project Charter Schools: Are They Effective?
National Evaluation of Upward Bound (1991-2007) - A long-running national evaluation of Upward Bound conducted by Mathematica Policy Research for the U.S.
National experimental study of reading and mathematics software products (NCLB-mandated first student cohort) - A national study called for by the No Child Left Behind Act to assess the effectiveness of educational technology.
National Longitudinal Study of No Child Left Behind and Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality - Two national studies supplied the data for this report's trends on Title I parental choice options: the National Longitudinal Study of No Child Left Behind and the Study of State Implementation of Acc
National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012) - The National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 is a national research study of youth in special education, conducted under a project with the time frame 2010–2018, prepared for the U.S.
National randomized study of charter school effectiveness (Working Paper 3, Mathematica Policy Research) - A working paper (Working Paper 3), published December 30, 2011 by Mathematica Policy Research in Princeton, NJ, and prepared for the U.S.
National Study of CMO Effectiveness interim report on charter school outcomes - An interim research report produced within the multi-year Evaluating the Effectiveness of Charter Management Organizations project (time frame 2008-2012), authored by Robin Lake, Brianna Dusseault, Me
National Study of the Effectiveness of Reading Comprehension Interventions (2004-2010), the associated project behind the design report - The page lists an associated project, the "National Study of the Effectiveness of Reading Comprehension Interventions," with a stated time frame of 2004-2010.
National survey of school social workers with three reliability-tested scales - An anonymous online Qualtrics survey administered to a national sample of school social workers between November 2019 and June 2020 (N = 517), with 11 open-ended questions yielding 1,738 comments.
National Writing Project teacher-leader preparation for facilitating professional development - The National Writing Project's preparation of teachers to lead one of its professional development programs is the source of the brief's insights.
Nationally representative survey data sets for studying homeschooling (NHES, NSCH, state data) - The chapter assembles and describes survey data sources for homeschooling research, focusing "principally on nationally representative cross-sections of U.S.
NCEE technical appendix for the elementary math curricula evaluation, organized in six analytic sections - A technical appendix published by the U.S.
NCHEMS Data Element Dictionary Element No. 1107: Method of Instruction - Element No.
NCME 2020 presentation on effort-moderated IRT parameter estimation accuracy - A presentation delivered at the 2020 National Council on Measurement in Education virtual conference by James Soland and Joseph Rios, listed by NWEA Research under the topics of "Measurement & scaling
Negotiation - Negotiation is the element in which learners work through competing interests, priorities, or interpretations in order to reach a decision, compromise, or shared position.
New data on children's math and reading skills at kindergarten entry - The article presents new data describing children's math and reading skills as they enter kindergarten, intended to characterize academic preparation at school entry.
New Jersey's principal evaluation system pilot in 14 school districts (2012/13) - New Jersey piloted its principal evaluation system, which combines measures of the quality of principals' school leadership practices with measures of student achievement growth, in "14 school distric
New Leaders school and teacher effectiveness identification methods - A set of methods designed by Mathematica Policy Research under contract with New Leaders to identify effective schools and teachers.
Nine rural schools within a 35-school SIG school improvement process study - The studied element is a set of nine rural schools that were part of a study for the U.S.
Nine talk moves addressing four goals for productive discussion - The primer describes talk moves as specific, adaptable prompts and actions such as wait time and hand signaling that teachers use to guide discussion flow, encourage participation, and promote deeper
Nine types of positive interdependence teachers can structure into cooperative activities - Digest 4 examines nine types of positive interdependence and how teachers can incorporate them into cooperative learning activities: goal, resource, role, identity, task, reward, outside enemy, enviro
NISS Ingram Olkin Forum presentation on modeling COVID-19 school openings, closings, and learning loss - A 2020 presentation by Megan Kuhfeld delivered as part of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) Ingram Olkin "Statistics Serving Society" Forum.
NMSA 9th Grade Academy course teaching skills for success with research-based learning strategies - The 9th Grade Academy is a mandatory NMSA seminar, required since 2014, in which students learn skills for success including study habits, close reading skills, and public speaking meant to carry thro
Non-Examples - Non-examples are intentionally chosen instances that do not meet the target concept, criterion, or quality standard.
Note-Taking - Note-taking is the element in which learners record, organize, and condense information in ways that support later understanding and retrieval.
NSF Tough As Nails K-8 coding pathway for Kentucky Appalachia - Tough As Nails is an NSF-funded project (Grant No.
NWEA COVID-19 learning-loss research series on seasonal learning patterns and equity - A series of related NWEA Research publications organized around COVID-19 and schools, equity, and seasonal learning patterns and summer loss, including a working paper on projecting the potential impa
NWEA implementation of automated item generation (AIG) alongside traditional item-development approaches - This element is an NWEA presentation, dated September 2020, that summarizes the organization's work implementing automated item generation (AIG).
NWEA research brief 'The COVID-19 slide' with associated working paper, presentation, and technical appendix - This element is the NWEA Research brief of April 2020 by Megan Kuhfeld and Beth Tarasawa, which connects summer learning loss research to the potential achievement impacts of COVID-19 school closures.
NWEA research brief on English Language Learners, self-efficacy, and the achievement gap - A short NWEA research brief titled "English Language Learners, self-efficacy, and the achievement gap", listed on the webinar page under "Associated Research" alongside the working paper.
NWEA research brief on Kindergarten scores and third-grade proficiency - A research brief by NWEA's research team (Megan Kuhfeld, Karyn Lewis, Emily Morton) examining Kindergarten test scores from more than 400,000 U.S.
NWEA research brief on measuring the impact of test disengagement on effectiveness estimates - A 2019 NWEA research brief by Megan Kuhfeld and James Soland, categorized under Measurement & scaling, School & test engagement, and Student growth & accountability policies.
NWEA research brief on rapid guessing and test disengagement - A 2019 NWEA Research brief by Steven Wise and Megan Kuhfeld titled "What happens when test takers disengage?
NWEA research brief on school effectiveness, summer loss and federal accountability - A 2019 NWEA research brief, listed under the topics Growth modeling, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss, and Student growth & accountability policies.
NWEA research brief on school entry age and academic growth through second grade - A June 2020 NWEA research brief by Angela Johnson and Megan Kuhfeld addressing the question "Does entering school older give students an edge?" It summarizes a multi-state regression discontinuity ana
NWEA research brief: Trends in children's academic skills at school entry, 2010–2017 - A research brief published by NWEA Research in 2019, authored by Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland, Christine Pitts, and Margaret Burchinal.
NWEA research partnership map visualizing collaborations with universities, foundations, think tanks, and school systems - The research partnership map is an interactive data visualization that lets users "explore this interactive map to learn more about some of our research partnerships." It documents that NWEA researche
NWEA Research webinar presentation on district learning from ESSER interventions - A November 2021 NWEA Research webinar presentation by David Brackett, Jacob Cortez, Dan Goldhaber and Emily Morton on COVID recovery in schools.
NWEA seminar presentation projecting COVID-19 learning loss and 2020-21 test score effects - A 2020 NWEA Research presentation (CEPA seminar) in which Megan Kuhfeld discusses "a series of projections of COVID-19-related learning loss and its potential effect on test scores in the 2020-21 scho
NWEA technical appendix documenting sample and methods for the 2022-23 pandemic recovery brief - A technical appendix published by NWEA Research in December 2022, authored by Megan Kuhfeld and Karyn Lewis, accompanying the research brief on pandemic recovery.
NWEA technical appendix for the Behind at the Starting Line research brief - A technical appendix published by NWEA Research to accompany the brief "Behind at the Starting Line," which the page describes as examining Kindergarten test scores from more than 400,000 U.S.
NWEA technical appendix on 2022-23 achievement data and pandemic recovery methods - A technical appendix document released by NWEA Research in July 2023 by Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld, and Jazmin Isaacs.
NWEA technical brief on COVID's impact on science achievement, 2019–2024 - A technical brief published by NWEA Research in September 2024 by Susan Kowalski, Scott J.
NWEA webinar on growth patterns and distance learning for DHH students - An October 2020 NWEA Research webinar presentation in which Dr.
NWEA webinar presentation on poverty and school performance - A webinar presentation released by NWEA Research in July 2019, authored by Andrew Hegedus.
NWEA working paper on English Language Learners, self-efficacy, and the achievement gap - An associated NWEA working paper titled "English Language Learners, self-efficacy, and the achievement gap: understanding the relationship between academic and social-emotional growth".
NWEA/All4Ed webinar on COVID-19 recovery and learning acceleration - A recorded webinar panel in which leaders from the Alliance for Excellent Education, the National Urban League, UnidosUS, and Middletown Public Schools discuss "new research from NWEA on the academic