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Direct linkRoegman, Rachel; Kenney, Rachael; Maeda, Yukiko; Johns, Gary – Educational Policy, 2021
This case study examines how district administrators and high school mathematics and science teachers use data in instructional decision making and what challenges they face in the current accountability context. Findings reveal unique aspects of data use directly related to a high school setting within the context of test-based accountability and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Policy, Decision Making, High School Students
Download full textKarelitz, Tzur M.; Fields, Erica; Levy, Abigail Jurist; Martinez-Gudapakkam, Audrey; Jablonski, Erica – Science Educator, 2011
In this paper, we examine the NCLB definition of a "highly qualified" teacher, the combined nature of federal and state highly qualified mandates, and how science teachers and their principals in one large, urban district have responded. In particular, we report on the kinds of licenses that teachers of science hold; the relationship…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Principals, Teacher Education
Frias, Ramon – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)'s emphasis of reading, language arts, and mathematics (RLA&M) and its de-emphasis of science has been a source of great concern among educators. Through an objectivist and constructionist framework, this study explored the unforeseen effects of the NCLB on public science education among Title I (TI) and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, High Stakes Tests
Krall, Rebecca McNall; Straley, Joseph P.; Shafer, Sally A.; Osborn, Jeffrey L. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
The No Child Left Behind Act requires that all teachers be certified within the content areas that they teach. However, attracting and retaining highly qualified science teachers in rural school districts is particularly difficult due to limited resources and geographic and professional isolation. Science professional development programs could…
Descriptors: Professional Isolation, Rural Schools, Distance Education, Federal Legislation
Miller, Kenneth W.; Davison, David M. – Science Educator, 2006
Issues facing schools abound from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation. In science and mathematics teacher pre-service and in-service preparation, these issues are paramount for institutions of higher education, especially in terms of the definition of a "highly qualified" teacher. Within this paper, the authors discuss the science…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Science, Science Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness
Crippen, Kent J.; Archambault, Leanna; Ford, Marilyn Sue; Levitt, Gregory A. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
This paper describes a unique collaboration between the College of Education (COE) and the Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach (CAEO) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Here we describe our efforts to improve student science performance in traditionally underachieving urban middle schools by embracing our state's highly qualified…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Academic Achievement, Middle Schools
