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Download full textRangel, Virginia Snodgrass; Monroy, Carlos; Bell, Elizabeth R. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
There is a debate on students' low science achievement in the United States, particularly among low income, African American students, and Latino students. An important part of the education community's response to low achievement generally and in science specifically has been the implementation of high stakes accountability policies. Because of…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Debate, Science Achievement, Low Achievement
McShane, Michael Q.; DiPerna, Paul – EdChoice, 2018
What does it mean to hold schools accountable? How do we measure school performance? Why do we care? We convened focus groups of K-12 stakeholders to wrestle with these tough questions and help us better understand the current accountability landscape--where we've been as well as where we're headed. We've compiled what those focus group…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability, Educational Practices, Educational Change
Glennie, Elizabeth J.; Rosen, Jeffrey A.; Snyder, Rebecca; Woods-Murphy, Maryann; Bassett, Katherine – National Network of State Teachers of the Year, 2017
Social and emotional competencies and skills help students succeed in school. In fact, researchers have documented significant academic gains for students who participate in social and emotional learning programs in which they can strengthen their social and emotional skills (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, & Schellinger, 2011). Skills…
Descriptors: Accountability, Emotional Development, Social Development, Student Development
Copp, Derek T. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
In the quest to improve measured educational outcomes national governments across the The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and beyond have instituted large-scale assessment (LSA) policies in their public schools. Controversy almost universally follows the implementation of such testing, related to such topics as: a)…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Instructional Improvement, Information Utilization
Frank, Stephen; Trawick-Smith, Joseph – Education Resource Strategies, 2014
K-12 education resources are often allocated non-strategically, with schools spending time and money on activities that have little relationship to student outcomes. Most of these decisions take place within districts, rooted in the processes of setting schedules, staffing levels, and assignments, and creating final budgets. Local Education…
Descriptors: State Agencies, School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Resource Allocation
Fyans, Leslie J., Jr. – 1980
The increasing use of educational tests to establish the accountability, credibility, and viability of educational programs is paralleled with increasing criticism of the "accountability through testing" philosophy. To analyze the relevancy and appropriateness of tests for educational decision making at the school district level, three…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Decision Making, Educational Testing
