A primary activity of NYKids is to conduct research and identify promising practices in odds-beating schools.
Results of each study are available in multiple formats and include reports that summarize the results of each study; best practice frameworks that offer comparisons of higher- and typically-performing schools and sample documents from the odds-beating performers; and case studies of the individual higher-performing, odds-beating schools studied.
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2013 High School Completion – Otselic Valley JSHS
A case study report from an investigation of 13 high schools; eight of these schools had consistently higher than predicted graduation rates among at least two critical needs groups and five consistently achieved average graduation rates, given their student demographics.
June 18, 2018
2013 Poverty and its Effects on Students’ Ability to Learn
This presentation presents the findings of “beating the odds” schools. Selection of the schools is based on 3 years of NYS Assessment results. Researchers conduct two-day site visits, and analyze the data looking for differences in practice.
2013 High School Completion – Downsville Centeral HS
A case study report from an investigation of 13 high schools; eight of these schools had consistently higher than predicted graduation rates among at least two critical needs groups and five consistently achieved average graduation rates, given their student demographics.
2012 A Data-Driven, Research-Based Approach to Improving Practice
This presentation describes the COMPASS process. The process involves harnessing the research generated through the NYKids project for the purpose of school improvement.
2012 Building Adaptive and Resilient High Schools
This presentation describes the school improvement process and tools connected to the NYKids research studies.
2012 Ualbany identifies factors explaining odds-beating performing among critical needs elementary students
This article describes the work of the NYKids project to identify factors explaining higher performance among critical needs elementary students. Critical needs students include those with special needs and English Language Learners, as well as those living in poverty and students from traditionally disadvantaged racial backgrounds.
2012 The Impacts of University Partnerships on the Use of Research
This presentation provides an overview of the ongoing NYKids project. The mission of the project is to inform, inspire and improve by providing research in support of school improvement efforts.
2012 Rallying Your Leadership Team
This presentation presents findings from the NYKids project on higher-performing secondary schools as measured by the school’s record of educating vulnerable young people such as those living in poverty.
2011 Using Data to Support Performance of Critical Needs Students
This presentation describes the best practices used by schools in working with critical needs students. These practices include: (1) close engagement with and understanding of young people with critical needs; (2) literacy-and technology-enriched instruction; and (3) fluid adaptation and deployment of resources.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Full Report
For the study of critical needs elementary schools, conducted during the 2010-11 school year, research teams investigated ten consistently higher-performing and five consistently average-performing elementary schools.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Lincoln ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Schools need collaboration
Evidence indicates that collaboration is one of the keys to a school’s success in improving student performance and closing achievement gaps, though policymakers at the national and state levels, including New York, are moving toward teacher evaluation systems that attempt to attribute student progress to the efforts of individual teachers.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Forest Road ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Maybrook ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Dr. Charles T. Lunsford School 19
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Davison Avenue ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Critical Needs Elemetnary Study – Pakanasink ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Martin Luther King Jr. ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – JFK ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Columbus ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2011 Critical Needs Elementary Study – Centennial Avenue ES
This case study is part of an investigation of critical needs elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year.
2010 Collaborative Conversation Essential for Middle-Level Success
This presentation shares findings on collaborative conversations essential for middle-level success. The three essential components for trust include a climate of respect and trust, structures to support it, and an expectation of collaboration.
2010 Lessons from Higher-Performing Middle Schools – Putting Research Findings into School Improvement Practice
School improvement practices for middle schools.
June 25, 2018
2008 What Makes Middle School Work – A Report on Best Practices in NYS Middle Schools
This presentation discusses the best practice research findings from a study of middle schools. It also offers free resources to inform continuous school improvement efforts in the future.
June 18, 2018
2010 Collaboration Does Make a Difference
This presentation shares research from NYKids on the importance of collaboration in middle school settings.
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