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Auty, Bill; Brockmann, Frank – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2012
School accountability is subject to considerable scrutiny. It generates sharp political debate, policy challenges, and continuous discussion. Growth models are now a part of that discussion. To many practitioners the sheer volume of "important to know" information is daunting. The members of the Technical Issues in Large Scale Assessment…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Measurement, Elementary Schools
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Hoover, John J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
School-based response to intervention (RTI) teams must gather, organize, chart, and interpret essential instructional information to make effective adjustments to meet the academic needs of struggling learners. Quantified data such as student proficiency scores, rate of progress trends, and achievement gap results provide the foundation for making…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Response to Intervention, Accessibility (for Disabled), At Risk Students
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Lacy, Mark E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1986
Provides general background on basic concepts of systems theory. Discusses applications of systems theory to computational and inferential chemistry in molecular and reaction systems, systems analysis, and synthesis. Describes methodology for studying chemical systems by computer and gives advantages of an integrated computational environment. (JM)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, College Science, Computation
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Miller, Robert – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1985
Describes teaching students how to evaluate materials containing judgments based on a modification of a model by J. E. Sparks and C. Johnson called the pyramid of reading power. (EL)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking