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Pathways to New Accountability through the Every Student Succeeds Act
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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Bae, Soung; Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Lam, Livia; Mercer, Charmaine; Podolsky, Anne; Stosich, Elizabeth Leisy – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
This paper examines the options available to states to redefine their accountability systems as they begin to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The new law provides the possibility that states can create more balanced systems of support and accountability focused on educating young people so they can become productive, engaged…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Program Implementation
The Production, Communication, and Contestation of Physical Education Policy: The Cases of Mississippi and Tennessee
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Dyson, Ben; Wright, Paul M.; Amis, John; Ferry, Hugh; Vardaman, James M. – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the production, communication, interpretation and contestation of new physical education (PE) and physical activity (PA) policy initiatives introduced in Mississippi and Tennessee for the academic year 2006-2007. These states provide a relevant context to study such issues, since Mississippi has the highest…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, High Schools, Physical Education, Public Policy
How Instructional Coaches Support Data-Driven Decision Making: Policy Implementation and Effects in Florida Middle Schools
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Marsh, Julie A.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Martorell, Francisco – Educational Policy, 2010
This article examines the convergence of two popular school improvement policies: instructional coaching and data-driven decision making (DDDM). Drawing on a mixed methods study of a statewide reading coach program in Florida middle schools, the article examines how coaches support DDDM and how this support relates to student and teacher outcomes.…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Decision Making, Data Analysis, Program Implementation
Evaluation Findings from High School Reform Efforts in Baltimore
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Smerdon, Becky; Cohen, Jennifer – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2009
The Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) is one of the first urban districts in the country to undertake large-scale high school reform, phasing in small learning communities by opening new high schools and transforming large, comprehensive high schools into small high schools. With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Educational Change, School Visitation
The Restructured School: How Do You Know If Something Is Happening?
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Chenoweth, Tom; Everhart, Robert B. – Planning and Changing, 1991
A chronic problem in quick visits to "innovative" schools is discerning whether something is happening. This article presents some guiding principles for recognizing the meanings, organizational structures, and effects of change. Accompanying School Restructuring Profile offers busy practitioners conceptual outline or set of "must sees" for…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Program Evaluation
The Impact of the Title IV-C, ESEA Innovative-Exemplary Program on Education in Kansas. Results from On-Site Visits. Results from Mailed Questionnaires.
Havlicek, Larry L.; Huppee, Barbara A. – 1979
Results are reported from 12 on-site visits and from mailed questionnaire returns regarding the continuing effects of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title IV-C, Innovative Exemplary Program, on education in Kansas. At each district visited, information was obtained, and verified when possible, regarding the changes resulting from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs