The Academic Achievement Challenge: What Really Works in the Classroom? by The Guilford Press

This volume addresses one of the central issues in education: how best to instruct our students. From the late Jeanne S. Chall, Professor of Education at Harvard University and a leading figure in American education, the book reviews and evaluates the many educational reforms and innovations that... Price:$30.00

Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools by Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve

In Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement, Robert J. Marzano shows how a carefully structured combination of two approaches--sustained silent reading and instruction in subject-specific vocabulary terms--can help overcome the deficiencies in background knowledge that hamper the... Price:$26.95

Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges From Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement by Corwin Press

With both depth and breadth, this practical resource covers how to equitably and comprehensively assess the language proficiency and academic achievement of English language learners. Price:$38.95

Promoting Academic Achievement Among English Learners: A Guide to the Research by Corwin Press

Navigate the current research on promoting success among students who speak little or no English and discover specific recommendations for developing effective policies and programs! Price:$34.95

The Black-White Achievement Gap: Why Closing It Is the Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time by AMACOM

When it comes to race in America, we must face one uncomfortable but undeniable fact. Almost 50 years after the birth of the civil rights movement, inequality still reigns supreme in our classrooms. At a time when African-American students trail their white peers on academic tests and... Price:$22.00

Leading Academic Achievement for English Language Learners: A Guide for Principals by Corwin Press

This practical guide equips school leaders to shape a culture conducive to high academic achievement for English language learners. Includes case studies and quick reference charts. Price:$31.95

Improving Academic Achievement: Impact of Psychological Factors on Education (Educational Psychology) by Joshua Aronson

Social psychological research has revealed much about how personal and interpersonal factors impact academic achievement. The research has been reported in several different outlets but has never before been condensed in an easy to read, engaging book, targeting the hot topics of coffee table... Price:$107.95

Effective School Interventions: Strategies for Enhancing Academic Achievement and Social Competence by The Guilford Press

This practical sourcebook presents more than 70 interventions that have been empirically demonstrated to improve the classroom learning environment, bolster academic achievement, and enhance student behavior and social competence. Each intervention is delineated in a brief, standardized format that... Price:$30.00

English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) Teaching and Learning: Pre-K-12 Classroom Applications for Students' Academic Achievement and Development by Allyn & Bacon

This long-awaited text provides the most current, high-quality pedagogical and assessment approaches and strategies that respond to current policy and high-stakes standards movement, and that can effectively increase academic achievement in at-risk English language learners.   This text is... Price:$82.80

Enhancing Student Achievement: A Framework for School Improvement by Assn for Supervision & Curriculum

Educators devoted to school reform focus all too often on the isolated components of K-12 education--this is the essential premise of this powerful new book. If we are truly committed to improving our schools, the author contends, then we must focus on the interdependence of variables that affect... Price:$22.95