Researched-Based Strategies - Revised Edition:Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Under-Resourced Students

An all-in-one guide to academic, behavioral, and community solutions! Revised edition features effect sizes, 20+ new strategies, and more. Varying levels of personal, social, and material resources can create specific challenges for students, as well as for schools and communities. Educators are key: Teachers are integral to the lives of under-resourced young people who can and will achieve success if we understand them and understand how to guide and teach them. This revised edition of Research-Based Strategies helps us do all that and more. Easy to use You choose the academic, behavioral, or community concern or challenge. The book takes you quickly through more than 75 research-based strategies, their explanations, and associated research citations. Flexible Zero in on one issue, or use the book as a general guide. Teachers may modify the techniques to best suit their circumstances. Most of these strategies are effective with any student, regardless of resources. Fast At-a-glance menu of challenges, strategies, and related research reduces your planning time and improves your effectiveness. Develop more immediate, reliable intervention strategies and address students challenges before they become overwhelming. Effect sizes Quantitative statements about the precise potential effect of each strategy. Added effect of poverty The added effect of poverty reflects current research about how poverty impacts effect-size measurements.