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A Policy Analysis of Public School Retirement Systems
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Lewis, Tara; Teeter, Matt – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this policy analysis was to examine the Missouri Public School Retirement System (PSRS). The team investigated the under-funding of PSRS, relating to sustainability and the feasibility of the system's use of one lever, contribution rate, to stabilize the retirement system, and to meet actuary needs and governmental requirements. The…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Retirement, Policy Analysis, Personnel Policy
Continued Variation Amid Standardization: The Effects of School Program Improvement Status and of Participation in the South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP) on Teachers' Curricular Sensemaking and Enactment
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Null, Suzanne Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Recent school reforms such as NCLB have focused on standardizing learning outcomes, and in the process have stimulated many schools to standardize curricular content, particularly if those schools are in Program Improvement (PI) status as a result of not meeting testing targets. But these attempts at standardization have ignored the fact that…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Socialization, Program Improvement, Testing
Educators' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the Desired Results System: A Study of the California Department of Education Accountability Initiative
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Khaleghi, Farahnaz – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The deluge of early child development research over the past 20 years has sparked an unprecedented public interest in the first years of children's lives. Research indicates that quality early education promotes the overall development of a healthy child. The Desired Results System, a standards-based accountability initiative of the California…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Early Childhood Education, Focus Groups, Parent Participation