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Direct linkMichael Chapman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Public schools follow school improvement guidelines to improve outcomes for students. This study utilized a quantitative method with a correlational design to discern any relationship between the NCStar School Improvement Program Indicators and student proficiency scores. The population for the study was 636 public high schools implementing the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Program Evaluation, Public Schools
Download full textContann Dabney, Contributor; Terry Hofer, Contributor; Beth Jackson, Contributor; Smriti Jacob, Contributor; Jeannine Medvedich, Contributor; Andrew Morrill, Contributor; Shakinna Patterson, Contributor; Joe Sassone, Contributor; Giselle Sherry-Marsh, Contributor; Andrew Swanson, Contributor; Ashleigh Tillman, Contributor; Susan Villani, Contributor; Melinda Wallace, Contributor; Noel White, Contributor – WestEd, 2025
This guide was developed for district leaders and leadership teams to use as a supplement to the "Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework" and its related survey system. The Four Domains framework, from WestEd's Center for School Turnaround and Improvement, was created to assist states, districts, and schools as…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Improvement, Program Implementation, School Districts
Peer reviewedJonathan Sharples; Bianca Albers; Stephen Fraser; Stuart Kime – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
Schools are learning organisations. They continuously strive to do better for the children and young people in their charge. In doing so, they try new things, seek to learn from those experiences, and work to adopt and embed the practices that work best. Implementation is a key aspect of what schools do to improve, and yet it is a domain of school…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Educational Change, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Environment
National Center on Schoolwide Inclusive School Reform: The SWIFT Center, 2017
Years of data show many students exit the U.S. educational system unprepared for college and career. In response, the White House launched the "My Brother's Keeper" (MBK) initiative, calling for the closing of opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color. SWIFT Center assembled a national task force to determine how SWIFT can…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Guidelines, Equal Education, Design Requirements
Taiwana Monique Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe how first-year college students describe the academic benefits and effectiveness of participating in a developmental education program in preparing them for academic success. The theoretical frameworks supporting this study were Bandura's theory of self-efficacy and Tinto's theory…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, Academic Achievement
Foltos, Les – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
For the past 12 years, the author has worked with peer coaches in more than 40 countries, and has seen schools where peer coaches have collaborated with colleagues to improve teaching and learning in classrooms across the school. In other schools, coaches have played a critical role in creating a culture of collaboration that helps build the…
Descriptors: Principals, Coaching (Performance), Partnerships in Education, Interprofessional Relationship
Thomas G. Calderon, Editor – Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, 2023
"Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations" publishes both non-empirical and empirical articles dealing with accounting education. All articles emphasize teaching, learning and curriculum development, and discuss vital matters pertaining to the improvement of accounting programs at colleges and universities.…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Artificial Intelligence, Higher Education
Clifford, Richard M.; Yazejian, Noreen; Jang, Wonkyung; Jigjidsuren, Dari – Teachers College Press, 2021
Early childhood is a crucial stage in a child's life, and aspects of the environment in the physical, social-emotional, cognitive, and health and safety domains all play important roles in shaping children's development during these early years. Having a valid and reliable measure of the quality of these aspects of children's care settings is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Educational Quality
Kenneth M. Zeichner, Editor; Linda Darling-Hammond, Editor; Amy I. Berman, Editor; Dian Dong, Editor; Gary Sykes, Editor – National Academy of Education, 2024
The National Academy of Education (NAEd) undertook this consensus report on the evaluation and improvement of teacher preparation programs (TPPs). Specifically, this consensus report aims to (1) identify and disseminate best practices for evaluating and improving TPPs to promote teacher effectiveness and student achievement; (2) provide…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Accountability, Program Improvement
The Administration and Supervision of Literacy Programs. Sixth Edition. Language and Literacy Series
Wepner, Shelley B., Ed.; Quatroche, Diana J., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This popular book addresses literacy leaders' eternal quest to prepare all students for the demands of the 21st century. This updated Sixth Edition will help prospective and current literacy professionals understand how to organize and supervise literacy programs within the context of current state and federal mandates. With a focus on providing…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Guidelines
McCann, Thomas M.; Jones, Alan C.; Aronoff, Gail A. – Corwin, 2012
Saying "teaching matters most" is easy, and seems obvious. Making it the top priority for school leaders and staff is not so easy--in fact, it's messy. If we want to change how students write, compute, and think, then teachers must change how they teach. They must transform the old "assign-and-assess" model into engaging, compassionate, coherent,…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, School Administration, Improvement Programs, Instructional Improvement
Reedy, Kristen; Lacireno-Paquet, Natalie – WestEd, 2015
States, school districts, and schools across the country are increasingly implementing multi-tier systems of support (MTSS) to improve outcomes for all students. Kansas is no exception. The Kansas MTSS is designed to improve outcomes for all students by instituting system-level change across the classroom, school, district, and state. Such…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Change
Umphrey, Jan; Taylor, Wes – Principal Leadership, 2011
This article presents an interview with Wes Taylor, the 2011 MetLife/NASSP National High School Principal of the Year. In this interview, Taylor shares credit with the teachers and staff members at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, for the school's systemic and long-lasting improvement in instruction and climate. He mentions that the…
Descriptors: Principals, Interviews, Educational Improvement, Effective Schools Research
McCartan, Conn – Principal Leadership, 2011
When reforming practices to help all students succeed, secondary school leaders face the unique challenge of aligning the efforts of educators from different disciplines. In addition, they know that few common measures capture student growth across these disciplines. If a school has a history of success, a deep examination of its practices may not…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Minority Groups
Umphrey, Jan; Carnahan, Cathy – Principal Leadership, 2011
This article presents an interview with Cathy Carnahan, the 2011 MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level Principal of the Year. Carnahan makes adult learning a priority to support student achievement at Duniway Middle School in McMinnville, Oregon. She describes her school as a community of learners that is a safe setting for teachers to lead and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Interviews, Principals, Communities of Practice
