Education & learning publications
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When Helping Students Hurts: Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS)
Our researchers and clinicians have made a conscious effort to spread the word about secondary traumatic stress (STS)—the compassion fatigue many professionals experience when they work with individuals who have…
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Prediction from Latent Classes: A Demonstration of Different Approaches to Include Distal Outcomes in Mixture Models
Including auxiliary variables such as antecedent and consequent variables in mixture models provides valuable insight in understanding the population heterogeneity embodied by a latent class variable.
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Changing context: Do magnet schools provide student achievement benefits in a modern setting?
To examine magnet schools in a modern context, this study utilized data from one of the nation’s largest districts and examined student achievement by looking for improvements in math and…
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Longitudinal stability of reading profiles in individuals with higher functioning autism
The reading difficulties of individuals with autism spectrum disorders have been established in the literature, with particular attention drawn toward reading comprehension difficulties.
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Summative evaluation of the Research + Practice Collaboratory: Final report
To examine the Research + Practice Collaboratory’s strategy, SRI interviewed project leadership, conducted observations at events, and reviewed documents to develop descriptions of strategies, activities, and routines.
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Using ready to learn media in the preschool classroom: Findings from two randomized experiments
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A state system framework for high-quality early intervention and early childhood special education
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center used a rigorous 2-year collaborative process to develop, test, and revise a conceptual framework for high-quality state early intervention (EI) and early childhood special…
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The Unique Challenges of Afterschool Research: A Practical Guide for Evaluators and Practitioners
This article provides candid advice for evaluators seeking to transition from K-12 to afterschool research.
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How Education and Industry Partner on Work-Based Learning. Lessons Learned from an Evaluation of Oakland Health Pathways
This brief draws on interviews with key personnel from the three partner organizations to distill lessons learned on effective cross-sector partnerships and delivery of authentic work-based learning.
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Peers matter: Links Between Classmates’ and Individual Students’ Executive Functions in Elementary School
In this study, we test whether mean levels and variability in classmates’ EF skills are associated with growth in individual students’ accuracy and speed .
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A Cross-Linguistic Examination of Heterogeneous Reading Profiles of Spanish-Speaking Bilingual Students
This study used latent profile analysis to identify three distinct reader profiles of Spanish-speaking bilingual students based on word reading and vocabulary measures and examined profile differences in reading comprehension.
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Many languages, one classroom: Supporting children in superdiverse settings
Here, we offer strategies from an approach we call personalized oral language learning (POLL). Teachers who have tried them find these strategies especially useful for supporting the learning and development…