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Weisenfeld, G. G.; Hodges, Kate; Copeman Petig, Abby – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2022
Assistant teachers are an integral component of the preschool classroom, planning and implementing educational activities and supporting individual children and small groups, and often bring linguistic, cultural, and racial/ethnic diversity to the teaching field. However, there is limited research on the impact of assistant teacher qualifications…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Programs, Teacher Aides, Training
Humphrey, Karen – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
The Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) State Grants Program is currently operating professional development grants for California teachers at 40 sites statewide. This is as large a cadre of projects as the California Postsecondary Education Commission has operated since the ITQ Program began with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Grants, Educational Quality, Professional Development
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2008
A number of activities are progressing in the Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) program, the federally funded program that the Commission administers to provide professional development to California educators. This program is part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and continues the work that began as the Eisenhower Teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Professional Development, Planning Commissions
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Gamse, Beth C.; Jacob, Robin Tepper; Horst, Megan; Boulay, Beth; Unlu, Fatih – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2008
This document provides an executive summary of "Reading First Impact Study. Final Report. NCEE 2009-4038." The final report presents findings from the third and final year of the Reading First Impact Study (RFIS), a congressionally mandated evaluation of the federal government's initiative to help all children read at or above grade…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, State Programs, Federal Legislation, Phonemic Awareness
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Lowther, Deborah L.; Inan, Fethi A.; Strahl, J. Daniel; Ross, Steven M. – Educational Media International, 2008
The effectiveness of Tennessee EdTech Launch (TnETL), a statewide technology program designed to meet the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandate, was investigated in this matched treatment-control quasi-experimental study. The goal of the program was to provide full-time, on-site technology coaches to prepare teachers to create lessons that engage…
Descriptors: School Culture, Federal Legislation, Focus Groups, Academic Achievement
Louisiana Department of Education, 2006
The Louisiana Literacy Plan is designed to address the learning needs of all students in grades PK-Adult Education in order to improve the literacy rates of students in the state, thereby developing a more literate and capable citizenry for the future. Connecting this plan to the No Child Left Behind Act, Louisiana seeks to close the achievement…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Professional Development, Literacy Education, State Programs
Guam Public School System, 2007
The Guam Education Policy Board initially adopted the Guam Public School System District Action Plan in May 2003. The DAP established the direction and details for improving academic performance in reading, math, and language arts by using the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act as a framework. The adopted DAP was also used as a basis for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators, Educational Planning, Academic Standards