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Special Education Considerations for Multilingual Learners: Delivering a Continuum of Services, Third Edition
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Hamayan, Else; Marler, Barbara; Sánchez-López, Cristina; Alfredo, Artiles; Damico, Jack – Brookes Publishing Company, 2023
Multilingual learners in Grades K-12 are often overidentified or underidentified for special education. The third edition of this groundbreaking text offers a better way to meet the needs of multilingual learners: by creating a culturally and linguistically responsive multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) and implementing a continuum of services…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Multilingualism, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Student Needs
Rigorous Schools and Classrooms: Leading the Way
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Williamson, Ronald; Blackburn, Barbara R. – Eye on Education, 2010
Turn your school into a student-centered learning environment, where rigor is at the heart of instruction in every classroom. From the bestselling author of "Rigor is Not a Four-Letter Word," Barbara Blackburn, and award-winning educator Ronald Williamson, this comprehensive guide to establishing a schoolwide culture of rigor is for principals and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Guides, Educational Environment, School Culture
Addressing Dropout Related Factors at the Local Level: Recommendations for Administrators
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Smith, Sandra Covington; Bost, Loujeania Williams – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2008
State Education Agencies (SEAs) lead the charge for effective change, impact, and sustainability in the adoption and implementation of programs and practices that promote school completion. Steps taken by state and local education agencies to decrease dropout include (a) collection, analysis, and public reporting of "dropout" rates and related…
Descriptors: Dropouts, School Districts, State Departments of Education, At Risk Students
Microcomputer Feedback to the Student/Learner.
Mulligan, Patricia A.; Bitter, Gary G. – IDEAL, 1987
A study investigating the discrepancy between potential and actual use of computer software in elementary education is described. Fifth- and sixth-grade students participating in a computer literacy program in one school were surveyed by questionnaire and interview about the feedback provided in a specific piece of cartooning and creative writing…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
Dynamics of Secondary Programs Assisted under the Carl D. Perkins Act. Research and Development Series No. 269.
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Weber, James M.; Puleo, Nancy F. – 1988
A study was initiated in 1986 to collect systematic national data on the content and processes surrounding the delivery of vocational-technical education programs that could be used to help assess and describe the dynamics of high school vocational classrooms. The national database generated contained information from schools, classrooms, school…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Data Collection
Effective Teacher Evaluation: A Guide for Principals
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Peterson, Kenneth D.; Peterson, Catherine A. – Corwin Press, 2005
Effective teacher evaluation is at the core of improving the quality and value of education and principals bear the responsibility of implementing a teacher evaluation program that helps develop highly qualified teachers and promotes high academic standards. In this easy-to-use handbook, the authors offer a fresh, innovative look into teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Principals, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness