IES Newsletter Now Available Featuring Research Highlights, Upcoming Events, and New Resources
The September 2012 issue of the IES Newsletter features an announcement about the newly appointed NCEE Commissioner; the higher education GAPS report; new special education R&D centers; an interview with Li Cai (University of California, Los Angeles), the IES grantee recipient of the presidential award for excellence to education science; WWC Educators’ Practice Guides; the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy and an interview with the principal investigators; new National Board for Education Sciences members; upcoming events; and other items.
More Research Needed on The Spalding Method
The WWC identified 14 studies of The Spalding Method for adolescent readers that were published or released between 1989 and 2011 and none meet WWC evidence standards. Therefore, the WWC is unable to draw any conclusions based on research about the program's effectiveness or ineffectiveness. The program uses explicit, integrated instruction and multisensory techniques to teach spelling, writing, and reading.
The average score for eighth-grade AI/AN students in reading was higher in 2009 than in 2007, and the percentage of AI/AN students at or above Proficient and at Advanced in mathematics was higher in 2009 than in 2005. (Read more)
Between 1985 and 2008, public school enrollment rose 26 percent, from 39.4 million to 49.8 million. (Read more)
Data Snapshot
Average scores in civics for students eligible for either free or reduced price school lunch were higher in 2010 than in 2006 at both grades 4 and 8.
Approximately two-thirds of fourth-graders both nationally and in large city schools reported never using a calculator while taking mathematics tests or quizzes.
