Core Knowledge^® Research

Summary of Evaluation Data:

• How Do We Know This Works? An Overview of Research on Core Knowledge (January, 2004)

Research Articles, Studies, and Evaluations:

• Evaluation of the Core Knowledge Preschool Program in Arkansas (Nov. 2005) PDF 69 Kb
• An Analysis of Academic Progress of Children Participating in the Core Knowledge Preschool Program in Baltimore County Head Start Centers (Aug. 2005) PDF 123 Kb
• Core Knowledge Curriculum and School Performance: A National Study (Sept., 2004)
• Walberg study: The Effects of Core Knowledge on State Test Achievement in North Carolina (Phase 3) (April 2004)
• Walberg study: The Effects of Core Knowledge School Factors on State Test Achievement in North Carolina (Phase 2) (March, 2004)
• Study Finds Core Knowledge and Creativity Not Mutually Exclusive (January, 2004)
• Core Knowledge Curriculum: Five-Year Analysis of Implementation and Effects in Five Maryland Schools (December, 2000)
• In Oklahoma City a Rigorous Scientific Study Shows the Positive Equity Effects of Core Knowledge (May, 2000)
• National Evaluation of Core Knowledge Sequence Implementation: Final Report (Winter, 1999)
• Core Knowledge Curriculum: Three-Year Analysis of Implementation and Effects in Five Schools (September, 1999)
• Validation and Confirmation of Core Knowledge: Abstracts from the Research Literature (August, 1999)
• Results at Core Knowledge Schools (May, 1998)
• Core Knowledge Schools Outperform State Test Averages in Maryland Study (Winter/Spring, 1998)
• Knowledge, Literacy and Power (March, 1997)
• First Year Evaluation of the Implementation of the Core Knowledge Sequence: Qualitative Report (1996)
• Executive Summary: The Maryland Core Knowledge Implementation First Year Evaluation (April, 1996)
• Core Knowledge Sequence Credited in Test Score Boosts (Fall, 1996)
• Charter School Scores Higher/Rocky Mountain News (July, 1996)
• Hawthorne Elementary School: The Evaluator's Perspective (1996)
• Qualitative Study Finds Core Knowledge Good for Teacher, Student Morale (1996)

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