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Hickman, Barbara J. – Journal of Education, 2022
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has undergone revisions roughly every 5 years since inception. Despite these modifications, the academic and social outcomes for students with disabilities lag behind those of their regular education peers. Results-Driven Accountability (RDA) was initiated to improve special education outcomes and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Mandy Savitz-Romer; Tara P. Nicola; Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon; Stephanie Carroll – Educational Policy, 2024
This study explores the prevalence and implementation of four key school counseling policies at the state level and to what extent they are monitored for positive impact on the school counseling profession. Drawing on an analysis of state school counseling policy documents and interviews with school counseling leaders from 30 state education…
Descriptors: School Counseling, State Departments of Education, State Policy, State Officials
Elizabeth Schieber; Lynette Deveaux; Lesley Cotrell; Xiaoming Li; Stephenie C. Lemon; Arlene S. Ash; Karen MacDonell; Samiran Ghosh; Maxwell Poitier; Glenda Rolle; Sylvie Naar; Bo Wang – Prevention Science, 2024
Large-scale, evidence-based interventions face challenges to program fidelity of implementation. We developed implementation strategies to support teachers implementing an evidence-based HIV prevention program in schools, Focus on Youth in The Caribbean (FOYC) and Caribbean Informed Parents and Children Together (CImPACT) in The Bahamas. We…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 6, State Schools, Foreign Countries
Young, Ellie L.; Moulton, Sara E.; Cutrer-Párraga, Elizabeth; Charlton, Cade T.; Sabey, Christian V.; Healey, Devin – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2021
Many state education agencies provide supports for local education agencies (LEAs) that are implementing tiered frameworks or Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). With a 61% response rate to an online survey, 35 LEA-level systems coaches identified what state-level supports were helpful in facilitating MTSS implementation. Responses highlighted…
Descriptors: School Districts, Coaching (Performance), Program Implementation, State School District Relationship
Choi, Jeong Hoon; McCart, Amy B.; Hicks, Tyler A.; Sailor, Wayne – Journal of Special Education, 2019
The present study investigated relationships among technical assistance, school leadership quality, and multitiered system of support (MTSS) implementation. The findings indicated technical assistance improved school leadership quality, and improved leadership significantly mediated the relationship between technical assistance and MTSS…
Descriptors: School Administration, Technical Assistance, Leadership Effectiveness, Equal Education
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2012
As states and districts begin the work of turning common academic standards into curriculum and instruction, educators searching for teaching resources are often finding that process frustrating and fruitless. Teachers and curriculum developers who are trying to craft road maps that reflect the Common Core State Standards can find themselves in a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, State Standards, Internet
Cleaver, Samantha – Instructor, 2011
In 2008, the Council for Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association started discussing the possibility of moving away from separate state standards. State education leaders were concerned that existing state standards weren't rigorous enough. So, in 2009, 48 states signed on to develop the Common Core State…
Descriptors: State Schools, State Standards, Academic Achievement, Program Implementation
Holliday, Terry; Smith, Felicia C. – Principal, 2012
Kentucky is no stranger to education reform, having worked for the better part of 20 years on raising standards to improve student achievement. In 2009, the Kentucky General Assembly called for more rigorous standards to address high school graduates' college and career readiness. So when the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief…
Descriptors: State Standards, Integrated Services, Principals, Educational Change
Vergari, Sandra – Educational Policy, 2012
The evolution of the federal role in education policy has entailed increasing activism in matters traditionally controlled by states and school districts. However, the expanding federal role has not resulted in a zero sum game for states and localities. Focusing on the policy-implementation process, this article examines recent state and local…
Descriptors: Government Role, Educational Policy, State Action, Federal State Relationship
Johansson, Olof; Nihlfors, Elisabet – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2014
During the last several decades, educational reform in Sweden has been at once contentious, fast paced, and uneven as control of Parliament and educational policy shifted between left- and right-wing political factions. These political power shifts within Parliament created tension between national and local municipal governments and provoked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Superintendents, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
Sees, Jennifer – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2012
At the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, the Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ASSDHH) was informed that they had met Alaska's Annual Yearly Progress as required by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for the first time ever. This was incredibly exciting and worth celebrating since teachers had invested so much "blood,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Partial Hearing, Educational Technology, Achievement Gains
Abbott, Rebecca; Macdonald, Doune; Hay, Peter; McCuaig, Louise – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
This article presents the evaluation findings of an education policy initiative that involved the employment of facilitators to broker the policy and its implementation. An Australian state's education authority piloted the employment of physical activity facilitators to expedite the implementation of "Smart Moves" in schools, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Facilitators (Individuals), Program Implementation
Mitra, Sugata; Dangwal, Ritu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
What and how much can children learn without subject teachers? In an attempt to find a limit to self organized learning, we explored the capacity of 10-14 year old Tamil-speaking children in a remote Indian village to learn basic molecular biology, initially on their own with a Hole-in-the-Wall public computer facility, and later with the help of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, State Schools, Private Schools

Evans, Robert W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Sketches the Ohio Department of Education strategy for making effective schools, that is, by defining school effectiveness and by citing the general factors influencing the conduct of effective programs. (JW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Program Improvement

Henk, William A.; Moore, Jesse C. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Recounts the history of Pennsylvania's attempts to invoke large-scale changes in language-related instructional curricula. Discerns patterns among school districts in terms of literacy instruction as well as in factors that seem to be associated with successful change processes. (RS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts