Research

Programs we’re using:

This section includes links to the research-validated programs and best practices that are in used in Exalt Academies.

• Core Knowledge (link)
• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) (link)
• CHAMPS Classroom Behavior Management (link)
• Reading Mastery (link)
• Language for Learning (link)
• Connecting Math Concepts (link)
• Saxon Mathematics (link)
• 6 + 1 Traits of Writing (link)
• Perfection Learning (link)
• Writer’s Workshop (link)
• NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) (link)
• Illuminate (link)
• Taleo Cloud Service (link)
• Longer School Day & Year (link)
• FOSS Science (link)

Research on low-income students:

This section includes links to research that has been done on the specialized needs of students who grow up in low-income homes.

• National Center for Children in Poverty (link)
• The 30 Million Word Gap Betty Hart and Todd Risley (link)
• KIDSCOUNT, Annie E. Casey Foundation (link)
• 3rd Grade Reading Initiative (link)
• How Students Learn, National Research Council (link)

Other resources:

Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Center for Education Reform
CREDO, Stanford University