Practice Guide | Release Date |
Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for Kindergarten Through 8th Grade
(6.06 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Parents and Families, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Students, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle Grades
- Subject Area: Math, Curriculum/Instruction
Panel |
Robert Siegler (Chair) Carnegie Mellon University |
Thomas Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Francis (Skip) Fennell McDaniel College, Westminster, MD |
David Geary University of Missouri at Columbia |
James Lewis University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Yukari Okamoto University of California–Santa Barbara |
Laurie Thompson Elementary Teacher |
Jonathan Wray Howard County (MD) Public Schools |
| September 2010
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Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade
(5.27 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Subject Area: Reading/Literacy, Curriculum/Instruction
Panel |
Timothy Shanahan (Chair) University of Chicago |
Kim Callison Anne Arundel County Public Schools |
Christine Carriere Chicago Public Schools |
Nell K. Duke Michigan State University |
P. David Pearson University of California-Berkeley |
Christopher Schatschneider The Florida State University and Florida Center for Reading Research |
Joseph Torgesen The Florida State University and Florida Center for Reading Research |
| September 2010
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Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making
(1.77 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle Grades, High School
- Subject Area: Curriculum/Instruction, Classroom Management, School Organization & Governance
Panel |
Laura Hamilton (Chair) RAND Corporation |
Richard Halverson University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Sharnell S. Jackson Chicago Public Schools |
Ellen Mandinach CNA Education |
Jonathan A. Supovitz University of Pennsylvania |
Jeffrey C. Wayman The University of Texas at Austin |
| September 2009
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Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do
(2.01 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Parents and Families, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: High School, Post Secondary
- Subject Area: Curriculum/Instruction, School Organization & Governance
Panel |
William G. Tierney (Chair) University of Southern California |
Thomas Bailey Columbia University |
Jill Constantine Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. |
Neal Finkelstein WestEd |
Nicole Farmer Hurd National College Advising Corps |
- Other Resources:
On October 8, 2009, the WWC held an interactive webinar to discuss “Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do.” Access the multimedia presentation.
- Read more about specific interventions in topic area(s): Dropout Prevention.
| September 2009
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Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement
(1.47 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Parents and Families, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Students, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle Grades
- Subject Area: Student Behavior, Classroom Management, School Organization & Governance
Panel |
Megan Beckett (Chair) RAND |
Geoffrey Borman University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Jeffrey Capizzano Teaching Strategies, Inc. |
Danette Parsley Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) |
Steven Ross The Johns Hopkins University |
Allen Schirm Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. |
Jessica Taylor Florida Department of Education |
| July 2009
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Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools
(2.02 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle Grades
- Subject Area: Math, Student Behavior, Curriculum/Instruction, Classroom Management
Panel |
Russell Gersten (Chair) Instructional Research Group |
Sybilla Beckmann University of Georgia |
Benjamin Clarke Instructional Research Group |
Anne Foegen Iowa State University |
Laurel Marsh Howard County Public School System |
Jon R. Star Harvard University |
Bradley Witzel Winthrop University |
| April 2009
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Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades
(1.32 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Subject Area: Reading/Literacy, Student Behavior, Curriculum/Instruction, Classroom Management
Panel |
Russell Gersten (Chair) Instructional Research Group |
Donald Compton Vanderbilt University |
Carol M. Connor Florida State University |
Joseph Dimino Instructional Research Group |
Lana Santoro Instructional Research Group |
Sylvia Linan-Thompson University of Texas, Austin |
W. David Tilly Heartland Area Education Agency |
| February 2009
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Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom
(1.51 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Parents and Families, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Subject Area: Student Behavior, Classroom Management
Panel |
Michael Epstein (Chair) University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
Marc Atkins University of Illinois, Chicago |
Douglas Cullinan North Carolina State University |
Krista Kutash University of South Florida Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health |
Robin Weaver Principal, Harmony Hills Elementary School |
- Other Resources:
On March 3, 2010, the WWC held an interactive webinar to discuss the practice guide: Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom. Access the multimedia presentation.
- Read more about specific interventions in topic area(s): Character Education.
| September 2008
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Dropout Prevention
(2.06 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Policymaker, Researcher, Teachers
- Grade Level: Middle Grades, High School
- Subject Area: Student Behavior, Classroom Management, School Organization & Governance
Panel |
Mark Dynarski (Chair) Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. |
Linda Clarke City of Houston |
Brian Cobb Colorado State University |
Jeremy Finn tate University of New York-Buffalo |
Russell Rumberger University of California-Santa Barbara |
Jay Smink National Dropout Prevention Center/Network |
- Other Resources:
- Read more about specific interventions in topic area(s): Dropout Prevention, Character Education.
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| August 2008
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Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices
(1.49 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: Middle Grades, High School
- Subject Area: Reading/Literacy, Curriculum/Instruction, School Organization & Governance
Panel |
Michael L. Kamil (Chair) Stanford University |
Geoffrey D. Borman University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Janice Dole University of Utah |
Cathleen C. Kral Boston Public Schools |
Terry Salinger American Institutes for Research |
Joseph Torgesen Florida State University |
- Other Resources:
- Read more about specific interventions in topic area(s): Adolescent Literacy, Beginning Reading.
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| August 2008
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Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools
(1.32 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Policymaker, Researcher
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle Grades, High School
- Subject Area: Reading/Literacy, Student Behavior, Curriculum/Instruction, Classroom Management, School Organization & Governance
Panel |
Rebecca Herman (Chair) American Institutes for Research |
Priscilla Dawson Trenton Public Schools |
Thomas Dee Swarthmore College |
Jay Greene University of Arkansas |
Rebecca Maynard University of Pennsylvania |
Sam Redding National Center on Innovation and Improvement |
- Other Resources:
- Read more about specific interventions in topic area(s): Dropout Prevention, Character Education.
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| May 2008
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Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
(1.02 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Parents and Families, Policymaker, Researcher, Students, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Subject Area: Reading/Literacy, Curriculum/Instruction, Classroom Management, School Organization & Governance
Panel |
Russell Gersten (Chair) RG Research Group and University of Oregon |
Scott K. Baker Pacific Institutes for Research and University of Oregon |
Penny Collins University of California at Irvine |
Sylvia Linan-Thompson The University of Texas at Austin |
Robin Scarcella University of California at Irvine |
Timothy Shanahan University of Illinois at Chicago |
- Other Resources:
- Read more about specific interventions in topic area(s): Beginning Reading, English Language Learners.
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| December 2007
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Encouraging Girls in Math and Science
(1.18 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Parents and Families, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle Grades, High School
- Subject Area: Math, Science, Curriculum/Instruction
Panel |
Diane F. Halpern (Chair) Claremont McKenna College |
Joshua Aronson New York University |
Nona Reimer John Malcom Elementary School, California; California State University, Fullerton |
Sandra Simpkins Arizona State University |
Jon R. Star Harvard University |
Kathryn Wentzel University of Maryland, College Park |
| September 2007
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Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning
(0.95 MB)
- Audience: Administrator, Policymaker, Researcher, School Specialists, Teachers
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle Grades, High School
- Subject Area: Curriculum/Instruction, Classroom Management, School Organization & Governance
Panel |
Harold Pashler (Chair) University of California, San Diego |
Patrice M. Bain Columbia Middle School, Illinois |
Brian A. Bottge University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Arthur Graesser University of Memphis |
Kenneth Koedinger Carnegie Mellon University |
Mark McDaniel Washington University in St. Louis |
Janet Metcalfe Columbia University |
| September 2007
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