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Furtak, Erin Marie; Tayne, Kelsey – Contributions from Science Education Research, 2019
Learning progressions, or representations of how student ideas develop in particular science domains, have been argued to be important supports for teachers' formative assessment design and enactment. While many learning progressions have been developed in recent years, they have various design features and span wide ranges of grade levels. This…
Descriptors: Affordances, Barriers, Formative Evaluation, Learning Processes
Jameson, Ellen; Whitney-Smith, Rachael; Macey, Darren; Morony, Will; Benson-Lidholm, Anne-Marie; Leigh-Lancaster, David – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021
This paper reports on a new initiative of collaborative work between the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and Cambridge University as part of the 2020-21 review of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Foundation -- Year 10. The ACARA mathematics curriculum development team worked with the Cambridge Mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, National Curriculum, Secondary School Students, Grade 10
Miller, Kurtz; Caprio, Terri; Smarr, Tonie; Bledsoe, Kathleen Guest; Pettinichi, Katie – Science Teacher, 2019
School districts across the country have identified priority areas aligned to school improvement plans, such as formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and posted learning targets. Several studies indicate that these areas, coupled with high-quality instruction, may have significant returns in terms of student learning (Marzano 2013;…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Achievement, School Districts, Educational Improvement
Houston Independent School District, 2019
This report describes the Achieve 180 Program in Year 2. The 53 participating schools received Texas Education Agency campus accountability ratings of "Improvement Required" (IR), "Not Rated," or "Former Improvement Required" at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. The 2018-2019 Achieve 180 Program's centralized…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Improvement, Accountability
Kennedy, Scott J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate how high school mathematics teachers' descriptions of academic optimism, responsive teaching, technological pedagogical content knowledge, formative assessment, reflective practice, supervisor instructional leadership, and receptivity to change are related to student mastery on a NYS Regents exam in…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Psychological Patterns, Teaching Styles
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
Superintendents and principals can have a positive and decisive impact on student achievement and higher graduation rates. Their essential leadership can illuminate the path to excellence for faculty and students. In upgrading curriculum and instruction, school leaders need to keep abreast of practices proven effective in other districts and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Best Practices, High Achievement, Graduation Rate
Cetta, Orsolina A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students should have exposure to social justice education (SJE) through the content-based curriculum or through cocurricular learning opportunities. This program evaluation study used qualitative data collection and analysis procedures to determine how to best improve the cocurricular SJE program, Lead for Diversity (LFD), which is used in high…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Program Evaluation, Qualitative Research, Data Collection
Hollingworth, Liz – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The focus of this research is to understand the role of the district superintendent, the building principal, and the school leadership team of classroom teachers as catalysts for innovation in instruction and classroom assessment. School characteristics and structures designed to specifically support professional learning communities are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Formative Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals)
Nargund-Joshi, Vanashri; Park Rogers, Meredith A.; Akerson, Valarie L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
In 2005 India introduced a new National Curriculum Framework aimed at providing a more constructivist approach to learning for all subjects. Previous research on the impact of curriculum reform in other countries (e.g., United States) concluded that for reform to be successful teachers' orientations toward teaching and learning must be considered…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Interviews
Boone, Adriane – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This applied dissertation was designed to provide a formative evaluation of junior high and high school curriculum reform as part of a state initiated pilot program in a rural school district in southwest Mississippi. The purpose of the program was to address and respond to the 8th-grade technology literacy requirements of the No Child Left Behind…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Rural Schools, Federal Legislation, Dropout Rate