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Improving Teaching Self-Efficacy for Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms in Hong Kong
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Chao, Chih Nuo Grace; Forlin, Chris; Ho, Fuk Chuen – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
This study investigated changes in teacher self-efficacy for inclusive practice using a mixed method research design. Participants were 417 in-service teachers in Hong Kong taking a 1-week basic teacher-training course about inclusive education. Data were collected pre and post participation in the course using the Teacher Efficacy for Inclusive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Inclusion
The Principalship: Essential Core Competencies for Instructional Leadership and Its Impact on School Climate
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Ross, Dorrell J.; Cozzens, Jeffry A. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate teachers' perceptions of principals' leadership behaviors influencing the schools' climate according to Green's (2010) ideologies of the 13 core competencies within the four dimensions of principal leadership. Data from the "Leadership Behavior Inventory" (Green, 2014) suggest 314…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Transformational Leadership
AYP Status, Urbanicity, and Sector: School-to-School Variation in Instruction
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Northrop, Laura; Kelly, Sean – Urban Education, 2018
This study investigates whether adequate yearly progress (AYP) status, locale, and sector--common variables used to judge the quality of schools--accurately signal true differences in instructional practices in high school mathematics and science. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS), we find the school-to-school variation in…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Intermode Differences, Federal Programs, Educational Indicators
Teacher Evaluation Tools: An Examination of Wyoming Evaluation Models as a Predictor of Student Achievement
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Gilbert, Andrea – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between teacher quality, student characteristics, teacher attributes, and student growth in reading. The legislation requirements enacted with NCLB (2002), WAEA (2013), and Chapter 29 (Wyoming Department of Education, 2010) necessitated that student achievement be a primary consideration…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Measuring School and Teacher Value Added in DC, 2011-2012 School Year. Final Report
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Isenberg, Eric; Hock, Heinrich – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2012
In this report, the authors describe the value-added models used as part of teacher evaluation systems in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and in eligible DC charter schools participating in Race to the Top. They estimated (1) teacher effectiveness in DCPS and eligible DC charter schools during the 2011-2012 school year; and (2)…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Teacher Evaluation, Public Schools, Urban Schools
Inclusion of Special Education Students: Regular Education and Special Education Teachers Perceptions in a Northside School
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Thomas, Ernest E. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
In 1990 the Congress of the United States passed Public Law 101-476, The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This law mandated that students with disabilities be educated in, what this act calls, the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). Educating students with disabilities in the LRE is also known as inclusion and the terms may be…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Disabilities