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Designing and Implementing Micro-Credentials to Support STEM Teaching: Lessons from Louisiana's Project to Improve Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Education through Micro-Credentialing. Research Report. RR-A2486-1
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Julia H. Kaufman; Karen Christianson; Rebecca L. Wolfe; Miray Tekkumru-Kisa; Christopher Joseph Doss – RAND Corporation, 2023
In this report, the authors provide a preliminary look at the Improving Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Education Through Micro-Credentialing project to develop and implement micro-credentials as a means of providing scalable, competency-based certification of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching skills in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Program Design, Program Implementation, STEM Education
Widening the Pathway: Implementation and Impacts of Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs across Three Contexts. Research Report. RR-A281-1
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Huguet, Alice; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Master, Benjamin K.; Unlu, Fatih; Sousa, Jessica L.; Christianson, Karen; Baker, Garrett – RAND Corporation, 2021
The authors of this report offer an in-depth analysis of the Teacher Effectiveness and Certification (TEACh) program, an alternative teacher preparation program intended to train diverse cohorts of high-quality teaching candidates to fill hard-to-staff positions. They follow three TEACh programs in different regions of the United States, which…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Teacher Recruitment
Widening the Pathway: Implementation and Impacts of Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs across Three Contexts -- Appendixes. Research Report. RR-A281-1
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Huguet, Alice; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Master, Benjamin K.; Unlu, Fatih; Sousa, Jessica L.; Christianson, Karen; Baker, Garrett – RAND Corporation, 2021
TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project) is committed to ending educational inequities by promoting the recruitment, training, and retention of high-quality teachers and school leaders. The U.S. Department of Education's Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant has funded TNTP to implement the Teacher Effectiveness and Certification…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Grants, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
Implementation and Outcomes of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative in Eastern Kentucky Schools
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Phillips, Andrea; Kaufman, Julia H.; Pane, John F.; Lee, Emma; Bogart, Andy – RAND Corporation, 2019
This report presents findings from RAND's evaluation of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative (ARI) in 17 districts totaling 99 kindergarten-12th grade schools within the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC). The initiative took place from the 2014-2015 through 2017-2018 academic years. The evaluation examined various aspects of ARI…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Reauthorizing "No Child Left Behind": Facts and Recommendations
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Stecher, Brian M.; Vernez, Georges – RAND Corporation, 2010
This report synthesizes findings and draws lessons about the implementation and results of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" ("NCLB") based primarily on two longitudinal studies funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Progress to date suggests that "NCLB's" ambitious goal of having 100 percent of U.S.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Academic Standards, Teacher Qualifications
Comprehensive School Reform: The Implementation Gap. Research Brief
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Does Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) work? Research results have been mixed. Some studies have measured a modest improvement in student achievement; others have found no effect. A team of RAND researchers has approached the question of CSR's effectiveness by first focusing on an even more basic question: Has CSR been implemented? A shortcoming…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, School Restructuring, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement
Pittsburgh Public Schools' Excellence for All: Year 2 Evaluation. Documented Briefing. DB-575-PPS
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Tharp-Taylor, Shannah; Nelson, Catherine Awsumb; Hamilton, Laura S.; Yuan, Kun – RAND Corporation, 2009
In 2007, the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) requested that the RAND Corporation monitor implementation of year 2 (2007-2008) of the district's Excellence for All (EFA) initiative and provide feedback to district staff, the PPS board, and other stakeholders. In 2008, RAND expanded to a more comprehensive focus on effective implementation of EFA's…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Strategic Planning, Public Schools, Teacher Surveys