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Sin Wang Chong, Editor; Hayo Reinders, Editor – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2024
This book investigates the ways in which new developments in areas of language teaching practice, such as policy-making, planning, methodology and the use of educational technology are locally adopted, adapted, and initiated and implemented in the four nations of the United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. By looking at the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Development, Educational Technology, Policy Formation
Peltzman, Alissa; Curl, Cory – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2017
State report cards should help families, educators, policymakers, and other critical stakeholders in various states understand and act on education information for schools, school districts, and states as a whole. While each state finds itself in a different place regarding its own progress in building state report cards with such an impact,…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Accountability
Hebib, Emina; Spasenovic, Vera; Šaljic, Zorica – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2015
In the education system of Serbia significant results have been achieved in the last ten years regarding the establishment and development of the evaluation system in education and the practical application of various types and procedures of evaluation. This paper gives a short overview of ways in which evaluation is carried out on elementary,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Martirosian, B. P.; Rubtsova, N. E.; Shapovalova, I. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2014
The article presents a review of the experience of practical testing (based in 385 experimental sites of the Russian Academy of Education) of current achievements of scientific academic schools that are developing the traditions of education. The organization of the innovative scientific and practical activity of the experimental sites of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Educational Development, Pilot Projects
Knechtel, Virginia; Anderson, Mary Anne; Burnett, Alyson; Coen, Thomas; Sullivan, Margaret; Tuttle, Christina Clark; Gleason, Philip – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2015
The Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools' consistently positive impacts on student achievement (detailed in Volume I of this report) have prompted efforts to scale up the KIPP model to serve more students. According to the KIPP model, highly qualified and autonomous principals, supported by national and regional staff, drive the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Scaling, Leadership, Program Evaluation
Walsh, Mary E.; Backe, Sarah – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Universities and schools have a long history of partnering with one another to achieve a range of educational goals in America's schools. For many years, the needs of the universities were the primary impetus for partnership. Universities needed practicum sites for student teachers and other educational professionals, as well as participants…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Reflection, Educational Opportunities
Wenbin, Hu – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
This article reviews the education reform and development footprints in China by analyzing four key education policy documents in the past three decades. The conclusion is that the reform and development of China's educational establishment have provided excellent support for the operations of China's political and economic systems. The reality is…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy
Abrantes, Pedro; Roldao, Cristina; Amaral, Patricia; Mauritti, Rosario – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2013
The article analyses the main benefits of a Portuguese programme, launched in 1996, which was designed to support schools in segregated districts (TEIPs). The first part of the article presents a theoretical framework, before moving on to the main features of the TEIP programme in contemporary Portuguese society and education. An explanation of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Formative Evaluation, Program Descriptions
Alghamdi, Ahmed Hassan; Li, Li – Online Submission, 2011
This article aims to review the historical development of continuing professional development programmes (CPDPs) for teachers, as well as the policies and objectives of such programmes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from the inception of these programmes until now. Styles of CPDPs that the Education Training Centres (ETCs) offer are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Educational Objectives
Carruthers, Celeste K. – Economics of Education Review, 2012
It is widely acknowledged that charter schools tend to have less experienced teachers and higher teacher turnover, but to date, little effort has been made to identify the contribution of faculty experience and retention to overall charter effectiveness. I do so using a twelve-year panel of charter and mainstream student achievement in North…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Middle Schools, Teacher Persistence, Reading Achievement
Ireson, Judith – Institute of Education - London, 2011
In many parts of the world, the state education system is accompanied by a shadow system that mirrors the school curriculum. In England, most provision in the shadow system is through private, one-to-one tutoring, offered by those working independently and through local, regional and national agencies. International surveys indicate that shadow…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Lecture Method, Tutoring
Bruns, Barbara; Filmer, Deon; Patrinos, Harry Anthony – World Bank Publications, 2011
This book is about the threats to education quality in the developing world that cannot be explained by lack of resources. It reviews the observed phenomenon of service delivery failures in public education: cases where programs and policies increase the inputs to education but do not produce effective services where it counts--in schools and…
Descriptors: Incentives, School Based Management, Educational Change, Public Education
Dunaway, David M.; Kim, Do-Hong; Szad, Elizabeth R. – Educational Forum, 2012
The purpose of this research was to determine how teachers and administrators in a successful North Carolina district perceived the purpose and value of a school improvement plan (SIP) and the planning process. The SIP is the accepted best practice for school-wide improvement, and the perceptions of the purpose and value of the process…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
van der Gaag, Jacques; Abetti, Pauline – Brookings Institution, 2011
This policy brief outlines how national education accounts (NEAs) are created, and why they are a vast improvement over current financial tracking systems in the education sector. Examples from the health sector illustrate the benefits of national accounts for improving public services, and their ubiquity highlights the poor state of affairs of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Health Services
Chapman, David W.; Quijada, Jessica Jester – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
What was accomplished and what was learned from United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) investment of over $733 million aimed at strengthening basic education systems in the developing world? These questions were addressed through an analysis of 286 documents drawn from 33 projects sponsored by the USAID between 1990 and 2005.…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Development, Educational Improvement