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Download full textBell, Christian M. – Online Submission, 2015
A sample of Austin Independent School District prekindergarten students showed growth from Fall 2014 to Spring 2015 on a nationally normed test for receptive vocabulary. These results were found for students in a Head Start program as well as those not in Head Start.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, School Districts
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2013
In 2012-2013, AISD pre-K students demonstrated growth in receptive vocabulary on a nationally-normed test. Students enrolled in multiple programs showed greater growth in receptive vocabulary in their native language than did other pre-K students. [Funding for this report was provided by Title I funds.]
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Receptive Language, School Readiness
Gill, Wanda E. – Online Submission, 2011
The report, "The Ready to Teach Program: A Federal Initiative in Support of Online Courses for Teachers", describes the history of the Ready to Teach Program and its role as one of the solutions to the national need to increase the performance of teachers through professional development. The report describes selected findings from the Eisenhower…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Online Courses, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness
Vogel, Linda R. – Online Submission, 2011
The Office of Indian Education (OIE) in the U.S. Department of Education funds competitive grants for Native American school leadership preparation programs in order to improve the education of disadvantaged students identified under the 2001 "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) reauthorization of "Elementary and Secondary Education…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Oral Tradition, Federal Legislation, American Indians
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Deaver, Sharon R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2008
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Projects, Student Projects, Student Teaching
Loucks, Hazel E.; Cameron, Eleanor G. – Online Submission, 2005
In the few short years since its passage in 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has become the focus of many in education, from state superintendents to researchers to teachers. In this Issues in Education we seek to give the reader a basic introduction to the way in which NCLB and its main measure of success, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP),…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Educational Indicators
