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Download full textWolf, Mikyung Kim; Herman, Joan L.; Bachman, Lyle F.; Bailey, Alison L.; Griffin, Noelle – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB, 2002) has had a great impact on states' policies in assessing English language learner (ELL) students. The legislation requires states to develop or adopt sound assessments in order to validly measure the ELL students' English language proficiency, as well as content knowledge and skills. While states…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Research and Development Centers
Peer reviewedFrench, Martha – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1996
Describes a program to assess the reading skills of deaf elementary school students, focusing on four concerns: areas and abilities to be assessed, sources of information, record keeping, and use of evaluation information to guide instruction. The assessment materials are available free of charge in exchange for feedback about their usefulness.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Kerry, David; Lopes, Joana; Nelson, Julie; White, Kerensa; Cleaver, Elizabeth; Benton, Tom – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) is carrying out a nine year evaluation of citizenship education in England on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study (hereafter, the Study) began in 2001 and is tracking a cohort of young people from age 11 to 18, who entered…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Secondary School Curriculum
Jordan, Dale R. – 2002
This book aims to interpret recent research on dyslexia into practical information for those who work with individuals with dyslexia. Chapter 1 summarizes new information about how genetic codes determine brian development and how differences in brain structure cause dyslexia. Chapter 2 explains the perceptual and emotional nature of dyslexia.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disability Identification, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia
Renzulli, Joseph S.; Rizza, Mary G.; Smith, Linda H. – 2002
This book is a manual for the administration and interpretation of the Learning Styles Inventory, Version III (LSI-III). Part 1 is reproducible (so each teacher who administers the LSI can have a copy) and answers the following concerns: what the LSI-III is and what it measures; administering and scoring the LSI-III; interpreting students' scores…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Individual Differences
Algozzine, Bob; Ysseldyke, James – 1992
This book presents an instructional improvement system based on critical instructional factors identified by research. Teaching activities are provided for each of four components of effective teaching--planning, managing, delivering, and evaluating instruction. For each component, several teaching principles are identified and explained, and for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Educational Planning, Educational Principles
PDF pending restorationNorth Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. – 1991
A series of eight videoconferences was designed to help educational professionals improve schools by applying knowledge gained from research. During the videoconference programs, which are transmitted by satellite to facilities with receiving capacity, viewers can interact by telephone with the program presenters. Each program covers a specific…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Competency Based Education, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Sprenger, Marilee – 1999
Based on the assumption that the more teachers know about brain science, the better prepared they will be to make instructional decisions, this book presents information on current research regarding learning and memory, and applies the research to situations that educators face daily. Chapter 1 examines the structure of the brain and its…
Descriptors: Attention, Brain, Classroom Environment, Educational Practices
Gubbins, E. Jean, Ed. – NRC G/T Newsletter, 1992
This newsletter focuses on six Year 1 research projects associated with the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT). The updates address: "Regular Classroom Practices With Gifted Students: Findings from the Classroom Practices Survey" (Francis X. Archambault, Jr. and others); "The Classroom Practices Study:…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices
Halle, James W. – 1993
This paper presents a functional approach to assessment and associated program development for individuals with severe disabilities, with emphasis on informal strategies that target beginning communicative levels. In the first section, form, function, and context (three components of any communicative act) are defined and described. Three…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Menges, Robert J., Ed.; Weimer, Maryellen, Ed. – 1996
This collection of 15 essays is designed to help improve college instruction through reflection that results in better practice, to make teaching more student-centered, and to further a more connected view of teaching and learning. It includes: (1) "Why Scholarship Is the Bedrock of Good Teaching" (Maryellen Weimer); (2) "Teaching and Today's…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism
Hall, William C., Ed. – 1987
This digest summarizes the contents of the more than 50 separate items that were published by the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development in 1986-87. These items include major research reports, video programs, newsletters, clearinghouse reports and textbooks. The first section provides an overview of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Clearinghouses
Keeton, Martha; And Others – 1983
This manual provides curriculum materials for implementing a career exploration class in manufacturing occupations within a Practical Arts Education program for middle/junior high school students. Introductory materials include the program master sequence, a list of manufacturing occupations, an overview of the competency-based instructional…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Career Exploration
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Coll. of Continuing Education. – 1983
These proceedings consist of 26 presentations. They include, in alphabetical order by author, "Time and Distance: Crucial Factors in Selection of Training and Vocation by Re-entry Women" (Cynthia Bagley), "Using Learner Surveys to Enhance Continuing Education Programs" (Carol Brown), "Designing Inservice Training as a Learning System: The Case of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
