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Gold, Thomas; Lent, Jessica; Cole, Rachel; Kemple, James; Nathanson, Lori; Brand, Janet – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2012
The federal government, states, school districts, and private foundations are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in educational data management systems. The hope for these investments is that providing better information to teachers and administrators, particularly student performance data, will support school-wide planning, inform…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Systems, Urban Schools
Gold, Thomas; Lent, Jessica; Cole, Rachel; Kemple, James; Nathanson, Lori; Brand, Janet – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2012
The federal government, states, school districts, and private foundations are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in educational data management systems. The hope for these investments is that providing better information to teachers and administrators, particularly student performance data, will support school-wide planning, inform…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Systems, Urban Schools
Gold, Thomas; Lent, Jessica; Cole, Rachel; Kemple, James; Nathanson, Lori; Brand, Janet – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2012
The federal government, states, school districts, and private foundations are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in educational data management systems. The hope for these investments is that providing better information to teachers and administrators, particularly student performance data, will support school-wide planning, inform…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Systems, Urban Schools
Alford, Katrina; James, Richard – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
In 2004, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) developed a national Indigenous VET research strategy in partnership with the former Australian Indigenous Training Advisory Council. The research strategy provides a comprehensive program until 2006 to fill the major gaps in knowledge identified through a midterm review of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment, Comprehensive Programs, Adult Education
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Waddington, Emma M.; Reed, Phil – International Journal of Special Education, 2006
The past ten years have seen a growing drive towards "full inclusion" of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in schools. However, concerns about whether inclusion for children with ASD is synonymous with their right to appropriate education have been raised amongst researchers. The current study aimed to ascertain the views…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Inclusive Schools, Influences, Success
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Loder-Jackson, Tondra L.; McKnight, Andrew N.; Brooks, Michael; McGrew, Kenneth; Voltz, Deborah – Journal of School Public Relations, 2007
Focus group findings from 34 African American parents in an urban southern school district unmask subtle and concealed aspects of involvement. In contrast to formalized school-sponsored parent activities, involvement is described by participants as their encompassing a physical presence at the school to monitor their children's behavior, receiving…
Descriptors: African Americans, Focus Groups, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Certo, Janine L.; Fox, Jill Englebright – High School Journal, 2002
This study investigated teacher attrition and retention in seven Virginia school divisions representing urban, suburban, and rural localities. Focus group interviews of teachers who stay in their school divisions and telephone interviews of teachers who migrated to another school division or who left the teaching profession revealed a hierarchy of…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Persistence, Focus Groups, Faculty Mobility