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Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success, 2nd Ed. — Executive Summary 2021
Summer for All: Building Coordinated Networks to Promote Access to Quality Summer Learning and Enrichment Opportunities Across a Community 2021
Every Summer Counts: A Longitudinal Analysis of Outcomes from the National Summer Learning Project 2020
Investing in Successful Summer Programs: A Review of Evidence Under the Every Student Succeeds Act 2019
Putting Data to Work for Young People: A Ten-Step Guide for Expanded Learning Intermediaries 2019
Who Plays, Who Pays? Funding for and Access to Youth Sports 2019
Enriching Kids: The Benefits of Using Public Funds to Pay for Out-of-School (OST) Time Programs 2018
Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success, 2nd Ed. 2018
The Value of Out-of-School Time Programs 2017
Kids Who Attend More Benefit More: Voluntary Summer Learning Programs 2016
Learning from Summer: Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth 2016
Learning from Summer: Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth 2016
First Outcomes from the National Summer Learning Study 2015
Ready for Fall? Near-Term Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Students' Learning Opportunities and Outcomes 2014
Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success, 1st Ed. 2013
How to Get the Most out of a Summer Learning Program 2013
Reading Coach Quality: Findings from Florida Middle Schools 2012
Tough Times, Tough Choices in After-School Funding: Pathways to Protecting Quality 2012
Developing Custodians of Care: Military Medical Leadership 2011
Developing Military Health Care Leaders: Insights from the Military, Civilian, and Government Sectors 2011
Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning 2011
Summer Counts: Making Summer Programs Part of the Learning Equation 2011
Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Use Data to Improve Services in Out-of-School Time Programs 2010
Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Build Systems to Improve Out-of-School-Time Programs 2010
Hours of Opportunity, Volume 1: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer School, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs 2010
Hours of Opportunity, Volume 2: The Power of Data to Improve After-School Programs Citywide 2010
Hours of Opportunity, Volume 3: Profiles of Five Cities Improving After-School Programs Through a Systems Approach 2010
How Instructional Coaches Support Data-Driven Decision Making: Policy Implementation and Effects in Florida Middle Schools 2010
Linking Reading Coaches and Student Achievement: Evidence from Florida Middle Schools 2010
Ending Social Promotion in New York City Public Schools Without Leaving Children Behind 2009
Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind: The Case of New York City 2009
Lessons for Boosting the Effectiveness of Reading Coaches 2009
RAND Review: Vol. 33, No. 3, Winter 2009-2010 2009
Florida's Middle School Reading Coaches: What Do They Do? Are They Effective? 2008
Implementing No Child Left Behind in Three States 2008
Pain and Gain: Implementing No Child Left Behind in Three States, 2004-2006 2008
State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: Volume IV -- Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Interim Report 2008
Supporting Literacy Across the Sunshine State: A Study of Florida Middle School Reading Coaches 2008
Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services Under No Child Left Behind: Progress Toward Implementation 2008
How Educators in Three States Are Responding to Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind 2007
Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind: Experiences of Teachers and Administrators in Three States 2007
Reforming Teacher Education: Something Old, Something New 2006
Reforming Teacher Education, Again 2006
Superintendent, Principal, and Teacher Understanding of and Attitudes About Accountability 2006
Achieving State and National Literacy Goals, a Long Uphill Road: A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York 2005
Implementing Teachers for a New Era: Some Promising Indicators of Change 2005
Meeting Literacy Goals Set by No Child Left Behind: A Long Uphill Road 2005
Progress in Implementing Standards, Assessments, and the Highly Qualified Teacher Provisions of NCLB: Perspectives from California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania 2005
RAND Review: Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 2005 2005
Schools Identified as in Need of Improvement Under Title I: Recent Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Schools 2005
Reforming Teacher Education: Spotlight on Bank Street College of Education 2004
Reforming Teacher Education: A First Year Progress Report on Teachers for a New Era 2004
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Recent Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Schools 2003
Using State School Accountability Data to Evaluate Federal Programs: A Long Uphill Road 2003
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Recent Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Schools 2002
Methods and Actions for Improving Performance of the Department of Defense Disability Evaluation System 2002
The Same High Standards for Migrant Students: Holding Title I Schools Accountable 2002
Transitioning NAVSEA to the Future: Strategy, Business, and Organization 2002
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Recent Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Schools 2001
Finding the Best Way to Get the Job Done: Alternative Structures for Government Organizations 2001
A Casebook of Alternative Governance Structures and Organizational Forms 2000
Are There Barriers to Minorities Joining Special Operations Forces? 1999
Barriers to Minority Participation in Special Operations Forces 1999
Monitoring and Controlling the International Transfer of Technology 1998

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