National Research Center On English Learning And Achievement Refunded For Two Years With $5.3 Million Grant
2000
The National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA) has been refunded for two years with $5.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education. The funds will be used to reach more schools and to study the effects of intervention. Center staff, working with middle schools, will compare results at intervention and comparison schools the first year, then extend intervention to the comparison schools in the second year. The program is called Partnership for Literacy, and attempts to identify what institutional factors make for a successful program outcome. Middle schools in New York and Wisconsin (the University of Wisconsin-Madison is collaborating in CELA) will be selected at random as intervention and comparison schools. The emphasis will be on schools that serve poor, under-performing youth. Judith Langer and Arthur Applebee direct CELA.
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Vinny Reda, "UAlbany Research Unit Granted $5.3 Million to Enhance Effective Literacy Instruction," University Update, October 5, 2000, p. 1