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Fisk, Selena – Solution Tree, 2021
Data--done right--has the power to put schools on the path to true change. Rely on this research-backed resource to help you kickstart, implement, and sustain data-informed school-wide transformation. There are many ways to use student data, and the author's 10 steps offer practical, clear methods for establishing a data team, collecting relevant…
Descriptors: Data Use, Educational Change, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Bull, Bruce; Nelson, Robin – Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2022
This guidance is for program and agency staff who have identified the need to develop a new data system or make major enhancements to an existing system. Key considerations are presented as questions to help guide staff through the initiation and planning process. The system initiation phase requires a broad team with the expertise and knowledge…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
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Riden, Benjamin S.; Markelz, Andrew M.; Taylor, Jonté C. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2021
Teachers who work with students who display challenging behaviors need to implement interventions to support them in the classroom. A daily behavior report card (DBRC) is one intervention that research suggests can reduce challenging behaviors and replace them with more socially appropriate behaviors. With step-by-step instructions, this column…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Report Cards
Adam Schott – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2024
State and local report cards help ensure local educational agencies (LEAs), parents, families, educators, and communities have critical data and a common framework for gauging educational progress and success. Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) requires States to annually share this important…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Program Evaluation
Steve Klein; Cherise Moore – Career and Technical Education Research Network, 2021
This is the sixth in a series of six practitioner training modules developed as part of the Career & Technical Education (CTE) Research Network Lead. Designed for CTE practitioners and state agency staff, these modules are designed to strengthen the capacity to access, understand, and use CTE data and research as well as conduct one's own…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Research, Research Utilization, Data Use
Kimkoff, Tamara; Fiore, Tom; Edwards, Jessica – IDEA Data Center, 2020
This guide describes key steps for developing a well-thought-out plan for evaluating a State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP). The guide provides considerations for how to incorporate each step into an evaluation plan, as well as a series of worksheets that correspond to each step and can be used to facilitate the planning process. The guide,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement, State Standards, Educational Legislation
Kim, Jeanette; Simon, Mia; Horenstein, Aaron; Webber, Althea J. – Grantee Submission, 2020
The City University of New York (CUNY) is the largest urban public university system in the United States with approximately 100,000 students enrolled in associate degree programs. Similar to trends nationwide, many associate degree students come to CUNY underprepared for college-level classes and are assigned to take remedial or developmental…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs, Urban Universities
Hallberg, Kelly; Williams, Ryan; Swanlund, Andrew; Eno, Jared – Educational Researcher, 2018
Short comparative interrupted times series (CITS) designs are increasingly being used in education research to assess the effectiveness of school-level interventions. These designs can be implemented relatively inexpensively, often drawing on publicly available data on aggregate school performance. However, the validity of this approach hinges on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Comparative Analysis, Time
Ward, C.; Metz, A.; Louison, L.; Loper, A.; Cusumano, D. – National Implementation Research Network, 2019
The purpose of the "Drivers Best Practices Assessment" ("DBPA") is to assist organizations in assessing their current supports and resources for quality use of selected programs or practices. Specifically, organizations can use it to: (1) Identify strengths and opportunities for improvement in their current supports and…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Organizational Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
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Malone, Nolan; Narayan, Krishna; Mark, Lauren; Miller, Kirsten; Kekahio, Wendy – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2014
As educators are increasingly called on to use data to inform improvement initiatives (and are being held accountable for doing so), there is a corresponding need for program leaders to monitor progress. Program monitoring--the systematic and continual observation and recording of key program aspects--can provide leaders with realistic assessments…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Leadership Role, Planning, Program Development
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Faria, Ann-Marie; Hawkinson, Laura; Metzger, Ivan; Bouacha, Nora; Cantave, Michelle – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
A quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) is a voluntary state assessment system that uses multidimensional data on early childhood education programs to rate program quality, support quality improvement efforts, and provide information to families about the quality of available early childhood education programs. QRISs have two components:…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
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Akers, Lauren; Resch, Alexandra; Berk, Jillian – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2014
This guide for district and school leaders shows how to recognize opportunities to embed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) into planned policies or programs. Opportunistic RCTs can generate strong evidence for informing education decisions--with minimal added cost and disruption. The guide also outlines the key steps to conduct RCTs and responds…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Research, Guides, Program Evaluation
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, 2016
Students learn best when they are in environments in which they feel safe, supported, challenged, and accepted. In addition, environments that have strong school climates foster the social, emotional, and academic well-being of all students. Research shows that when schools and districts effectively focus on improving school climate, students are…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Program Implementation
Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Boller, Kimberly – Regional Educational Laboratory, 2014
This brief provides tips for forming a team of staff and consultants with the needed expertise to make key measurement decisions that will ensure high-quality data for answering the study's research questions. The brief outlines the main responsibilities of measurement team members. It also describes typical measurement tasks and discusses…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Measurement Techniques, Group Membership, Expertise
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Cherasaro, Trudy; Yanoski, David; Swackhamer, Lyn – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2015
This guide was developed to provide guidance to states or districts wishing to monitor implementation of educator evaluation systems. It describes a three-step process: develop state guidelines for educator evaluation systems; develop data collection methods; and determine adherence criteria and review data against criteria. The process was…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Program Implementation, Guidelines, Data Collection
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