Education & learning publications
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YouTube’s ABCs and 123s: Describing the quality of early literacy and math videos on YouTube
This paper describes the quality of educational videos for young children on YouTube.
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Mathematics, 3D Printing, and Computational Thinking Through Work-Based Learning (MPACT): An Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Grant Evaluation—Technical Report
This report presents findings from an evaluation of MPACT, which provides teacher professional development, and STEM industry mentoring and project-based learning for grade 4–7 students in geometry, computational thinking and…
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A New Approach to Supporting the Quality of Early Care and Education Programs in Arkansas: Case Studies of Array
Case studies of early care and education programs participating in Arkansas’s Array initiative describe the benefits of proactively providing entire program staff with social-emotional-focused professional development that is tailored to…
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Reducing Exclusionary Discipline in Early Care and Education Programs: An Examination of the Arkansas Model
Survey findings from early childhood program directors and teachers provide insight into the implementation of Arkansas’s policy and supports designed to prevent suspension and expulsion in early care and education…
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) Fall 2020 Findings Memo
This Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) memo includes recommendations and findings from the observations, teacher interviews, student surveys, and student assessments in fall 2020.
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Reimagining Instructional Coaching: Developing Observation Tools to Support Instructional Coaching in Pre-K Classrooms
Instructional coaching can improve teaching quality in early learning classrooms. SRI Education, in collaboration with Substantial and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, created a Target Product Profile detailing the…
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Sound Town Evaluation Report
Digital learning programs are a promising tool to support teachers in providing students with strong early literacy instruction, but more research is needed to understand their effectiveness. This report describes…
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The Pathway to Academic Success Project Leads to Improved Student Writing
SRI study finds that the University of California, Irvine Writing Project’s Pathway to Academic Success project leads to improved students’ academic writing through professional development for secondary English language arts…
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Maine Early Childhood Consultation Partnership® (ECCP®) Pilot Final Report
SRI Education conducted an evaluation of a pilot implementation of an evidence-based, manualized model of infant and early childhood mental health consultation (IECMHC) that builds capacity of the early care…
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Voices for Change: Parent Leadership & Advocacy at Rocketship Public Schools
This brief shares strategies Rocketship Public Schools has used to engage parents and support them in advocating for solutions to community needs.
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Deeper Learning and Diffusion of Scaled Impact Evaluation Report and Executive Summary
This report summarizes the findings from SRI’s retrospective evaluation of the Hewlett Foundation’s Deeper Learning + Diffusion of Innovation and Scaled Impact Initiative, an ambitious effort to learn how fundamental…
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Unpacking the Relationship Between Classroom Teacher Characteristics and Time to English Learner Reclassification
Drawing from a longitudinal administrative dataset from Tennessee, this study uses discrete-time survival analysis to estimate the relationship between ELs’ likelihood of reclassification and characteristics of their general education English…