Elementary and Secondary Education
We conduct work focusing on salient issues concerning elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. today, including student achievement, school reform and effectiveness, career and technical education, and student transitions to higher education and the labor force. Recent studies have examined science, math, and reading achievement in school-age children in both the U.S. and internationally. We also carry out studies that focus on high school dropouts and other at-risk youth and on school-based programs for preventing violence and drug use.
Focus Areas
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Elementary and secondary school surveys
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International education surveys
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Career and technical education
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School health programs
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Violence, drug prevention, and school safety
Capabilities
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Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies; study design; sampling
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Instrument design, testing, and delivery using multiple modes of data collection
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Data collection and data management; in-school data collection
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Analysis and reporting
Projects
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Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) (Aug 2004 to present). PISA is a system of international assessments that focus on 15-year-olds' capabilities in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy. PISA also includes measures to evaluate the extent to which students have acquired strategies for learning that will allow them to become life long learners.
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U.S. Participation in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2006 (PIRLS) (Aug 2004 to present). PIRLS is an international study of the reading achievement of 4th-grade children and the experiences they have learning to read.
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Early Literacy Project (Apr 2004 to present). RTI is evaluating the effectiveness of a comprehensive reading program intervention on the literacy skills of kindergarten through third grade students. The study involves a randomized experimental design.
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High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS, 0209234) (July 2007 to present)
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Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) (Mar 2004 to present). RTI provides curators for ERIC, the world’s largest education database. Curators serve as selection experts, screening and identifying journal and non-journal resources for inclusion in the ERIC database.
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