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Formative Assessment for the Common Core Literacy Standards
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Calfee, Robert; Wilson, Kathleen M.; Flannery, Brian; Kapinus, Barbara A. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: As implementation of the Common Core Literacy Standards moves ahead, teachers, students, and schools are discovering that the standards demand a great deal of them in order to achieve the vision of college, career, and citizenship in the global-digital world outlined in the standards. To accomplish the goals and high…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Literacy, State Standards, Models
Toward a Vibrant Research Community in Education: Investing in Early-Career Scholars
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Young, Lauren Jones – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: In 1994, the Spencer Foundation embarked on an ambitious experimental initiative to support the preparation of education researchers. Over the 13-year span of the Research Training Grant (RTG) program, the foundation made multiyear awards to more than a dozen leading institutions in the United States and South Africa. This…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Quality, Program Implementation, Foreign Countries
The Spencer Research Training Grant at the Penn Graduate School of Education: Implementation and Effects
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Kecskemethy, Thomas A. – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: The Research Training Grant (RTG) program at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education aimed to create strong research training experiences for predissertation fellows through generous financial aid, mentored research apprenticeships, and cocurricular experiences. Collectively these offerings sought to…
Descriptors: Student Research, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Doctoral Programs