This research examined the positive and negative attributes to schools that are designated Title I and receive federal funding to help raise student achievement. This study was conducted using publicly available CST data from the California Department . . .

From the teachers' perspective, what effective leadership strategies lead to a positive principal succession, and what leadership strategies do first year administrators use to ensure a positive transition of leadership? What are the feelings and atti . . .

This research study examines the effect of explicit direct strategy instruction in writing integrated with a Writers Workshop instructional format on young writers of mature, average, and low ability. Participants included students in a general educat . . .

Five students in a new Extended-Day Kindergarten program at Round Meadow Elementary School in the Las Virgenes Unified School District were studied during the year 2006-2007. These students had scored the lowest in the class on the Fall assessments fo . . .

The research examined an intervention program and the implementation of reverse mainstreaming. Project Succeed was implemented at one elementary school site to meet the needs of all learners. General education first grade students were identified for . . .

California invests in at risk College Preparatory students by providing extra monies to students enrolled in California Partnership Academies (CPAs). A CPA is a school within a school; a smaller learning community in which academy students receive ext . . .

The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of the newly-implemented, grammar based English Language Development program by Briggs School District. The effectiveness will be evaluated by examining student performance on the California En . . .

The purpose of this study is to determine if re-teaching key phonemic first grade principles using Phonics for Reading I to Intensive first grade students can effectively be used to improve the learning for all first grade intensive students at Lemonw . . .

This project investigated the effectiveness of students meeting their IEP math goals in a Resource Special Program classroom. The purpose of this research was to determine if using clicker technology and the reteaching of skills would allow students t . . .