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Gilyard, Keith – Research in the Teaching of English, 2013
This article presents the text of Keith Gilyard's presidential address, delivered at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 18, 2012. In his address he proposes several core elements that he believes will instrumentally improve the education system in the United States: a rich…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement, Rhetoric
Stedman, Lawrence C. – National Assessment Governing Board, 2009
During the past 25 years, the country witnessed a dramatic transformation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Actions by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), Congress, and the National Assessment Governing Board fundamentally changed NAEP's role in federal educational policy and the nation's schools. Developed in the 1960s…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Educational Testing, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Duffey, Suellynn; Belanger, Kelly – 1993
In response to the segregation, stigmatization, and valorization that placement systems can cause, writing instructors at Ohio State University paired an honors class with a basic writing class. For each of 3 years, the paired classes met in adjoining computer-enhanced classrooms, and when the classroom dividing wall was opened, the students…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computers, Freshman Composition, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Saylor, Kim; Overton, June – 1993
Teachers in Kentucky are using portfolios to determine strengths and weaknesses of individual students. Consequently, instruction is centered totally around the student. The implementation of portfolios sends the message to students that their first efforts should not be their last. Revision is part of improvement, and students are expected to…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Loomis, Susan Cooper; Bay, Luz; Yang, Wen-Ling; Hanick, Patricia L. – 1999
Field trials were conducted to test rating methods and the impact of feedback about consequences for the 1998 achievement levels-setting (ALS) process for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The field trials provided the opportunity to try out different methods similar to those used successfully by others, as well as to try out…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Civics, Elementary Secondary Education