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Using Technology to Lead a Large-Scale Data Project
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Shields, Julie – Communique, 2018
While working in the Social and Emotional Support Services (SESS) for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland (MCPS), the author initiated a project to collect data on services to students with emotional needs. During the 2016-2017 school year, MCPS was the 17th largest school district in the country with nearly 160,000 students speaking 150…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Program Administration, Database Management Systems, Psychological Needs
Leveraging the Power of Experiential Learning to Achieve Higher-Order Proficiencies
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Henderson, Amy – Journal of Economic Education, 2018
Although experiential learning approaches, such as service-learning, have been shown to increase student motivation and academic achievement, faculty concerns about the costs of developing and implementing such courses have limited their adoption within economics. One cost that can be eliminated is the opportunity cost typically associated with…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Economics Education, Reflection, Service Learning
Characteristics of Early Care and Education Collaboration Associated with Success
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Schilder, Diane; Broadstone, Meghan; Smith Leavell, Ashley – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: In this non-experimental study, the research team analyzed data from a randomly selected sample of child care programs in Maryland and Vermont to understand what characteristics contribute to collaboration success. The team also examined the relationship between collaboration success and measures of child care program quality.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Cooperation, Program Effectiveness
Study of Emerging Teacher Evaluation Systems
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Anderson, Leslie M.; Butler, Alisha; Palmiter, Andrea; Arcaira, Erikson – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2016
Today, efforts are underway across the country to transform teacher evaluation into a useful tool for improving teaching and learning. These efforts are supported by state statutes as well as by improvements in state and local data systems and the development of new student assessments. In 2015, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, School Districts, Public Schools, Program Design
Results in Brief: Study of Emerging Teacher Evaluation Systems
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Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2016
Comprehensive teacher evaluation systems are a core element of current state and local strategies to support improved teaching and learning in elementary and secondary education in the United States. The Study of Emerging Teacher Evaluation Systems provides descriptive information on the design and early implementation of teacher evaluation…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, School Districts, Public Schools, Program Design
Using the ACRL Framework to Develop a Student-Centered Model for Program-Level Assessment
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Gammons, Rachel Wilder; Inge, Lindsay Taylor – Communications in Information Literacy, 2017
Information literacy instruction presents a difficult balance between quantity and quality, particularly for large-scale general education courses. This paper discusses the overhaul of the freshman composition instruction program at the University of Maryland Libraries, focusing on the transition from survey assessments to a student-centered and…
Descriptors: Student Centered Curriculum, Program Administration, Information Literacy, Freshman Composition