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The Alignment of P–3 Math Instruction

October 30, 2024
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Mimi Engel, Robin Tepper Jacob, Anna Erickson, Shira Mattera, Danielle Shaw Attaway, Amy Claessens
Preschool through third grade (P–3) alignment is regularly named as a key aspect of early childhood education and the transition to formal schooling. However, little is known about P–3 alignment in practice. Using data from 265 observations of math...
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Understanding Heterogeneous Patterns of Family Engagement With Educational Technology to Inform School-Family Communication in Linguistically Diverse Communities

April 4, 2024
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Catherine Asher, Ethan Scherer, James S. Kim, Johanna Norshus Tvedt
We leveraged log data from an educational app and two-way text message records from over 3,500 students during the summers of 2019 and 2020 and in-depth interviews in Spanish and English to identify patterns of family engagement with educational...
young students using computers in class
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Variation in Mathematics Content Coverage, Instructional Grouping, and Representational Strategies: An Analysis of Three US Kindergarten Mathematics Textbooks

December 25, 2023
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Katja Robinson, Deb Hubbard, Robin Tepper Jacob, Anna Erickson, Mini Engel
This study explores how three widely used US kindergarten mathematics textbooks, each written to align with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM), vary in terms of content coverage, instructional grouping, and use of...
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Economics of Foster Care

April 30, 2022
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Anthony Bold, Joseph J. Doyle Jr., Max Gross, Brian Jacob
Foster care provides substitute living arrangements to protect maltreated children. The practice is remarkably common: it is estimated that 5 percent of children in the United States are placed in foster care at some point during childhood. This...
two young children reading a picture book together
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Mental Health Needs in a Large Urban School District: Findings from a Web-based Survey

March 15, 2022
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Elizabeth Koschmann, Robin Tepper Jacob, Katja Robinson, Megan Foster Friedman, A. Foster, Natalie Rodriguez-Quintana, Jennifer Vichich, Maureen Smith, Hersheena Rajaram
This study presents new empirical data about the prevalence of youth mental health needs in one large urban district serving substantial numbers of students of color. Students in this district are experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety at...
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Kindergarten in a Large Urban District

August 30, 2021
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Mimi Engel, Robin Tepper Jacob, Amy Claessens, Anna Erickson
Using data from 82 classroom observations conducted in a large urban school district, we explore how kindergartners spend their time in general and across schools serving children from lower and higher income households. Consistent with prior...
a line of kindergaten students playing on the playground
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A Framework for Learning From Null Results

December 10, 2019
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Robin Tepper Jacob, Fred Doolittle, James Kemple, Marie-Andrée Somers
A substantial number of randomized trials of educational interventions that have been conducted over the past two decades have produced null results, with either no impact or an unreliable estimate of impact on student achievement or other outcomes...
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