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Direct linkGregory Nelson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the qualitative phenomenological study was to explore and understand the impact of standardized testing on educational practice in an urban, Title I school community, and to determine solutions to improve the utility of standardized testing in supporting student learning and achievement. The specific areas of focus are diagnosing…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Attitudes, Urban Schools
Download full textFairman, Janet; Johnson, Amy; Eberle, Francis – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2017
Part I summarizes key topics of federal education policy articulating accountability requirements for state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs, or school districts). In that section we describe major goals of the legislation and which components are the same or changed in the federal law. The findings are grouped into…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability, State Departments of Education
Peer reviewedPolikoff, Morgan S.; McEachin, Andrew J.; Wrabel, Stephani L.; Duque, Matthew – Educational Researcher, 2014
Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have recently received waivers to the school accountability requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). As the prospects for reauthorizing the Act in the near term are dim, these new accountability systems will be law for at least several years. Drawing on a four-part framework from the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Westfall, Dawn M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In Texas, fifth grade students are required to pass both the reading and math sections of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS test, in order to be promoted to the next grade level. The purpose of this study is to describe parents' perceptions of the influence of the high-stakes TAKS test on the family lives of at-risk fifth grade…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Parent Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Grade 5
Christensen, Laurene L.; Albus, Debra A.; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Kincaid, Aleksis – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2013
English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities are required to participate in all state and district assessments similar to their peers without disabilities. This includes assessments used for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I accountability purposes for demonstrating proficiency in academic content, assessments used…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Policy, Disabilities, Student Participation
Sundberg, Barbara J.; Stayrook, Nick – 1998
This report presents results from a 3-year evaluation of the Title I "Success for All" (SFA) schoolwide program being implemented at four elementary schools in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Alaska. SFA meets the criteria of Title I regulations and has a strong reading component with frequent assessments of student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
SCHWARTZ, E. TERRY – 1966
PROFESSIONAL OBSERVER TEAMS ASSESSED THE EXTENT OF INTEGRATION, ACHIEVEMENT, PUPIL-STAFF AND PEER RELATIONSHIPS, AND STUDENT SELF-IMAGE PERCEPTION IN SEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AS PART OF THE PLAN TO ESTABLISH MIDDLE SCHOOLS (INSTITUTED IN A SYSTEMWIDE 4-4-4 GRADE DISTRIBUTION) TO PROMOTE INTEGRATION AND QUALITY EDUCATION, SPECIFIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Educational Quality, Evaluation
ABT, CLARK C. – 1966
SEVEN SEPARATE REPORTS DESCRIBE AN OVERVIEW OF A COST-EFFECTIVENESS MODEL AND FIVE SUBMODELS FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ACT TITLE I PROPOSALS. THE DESIGN FOR THE MODEL ATTEMPTS A QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS WHICH MAY BE PROGRAMED AS A COMPUTER SIMULATION TO INDICATE THE IMPACT OF A TITLE I…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods
Hill, Richard – 1997
In the Spring, 1996, issue of "CRESST Line," E. Baker and R. Linn commented that, in efforts to measure the progress of schools, "the fluctuations due to differences in the students themselves could conceal differences in instructional effects." This is particularly true in the context of the evaluation of adequate yearly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
Seventeen instruments were used to provide the answers to the design and evaluation questions for the 1979-80 ESEA Title I regular program in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. In the final technical report, a separate appendix for each instrument includes a description of its purpose, procedure, and results as related to specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Jordan, David C.; Spiess, Kathryn Hecht – 1970
The general objective of this study is to assist in the improvement of compensatory education programs in Massachusetts through modifications of current programs based on evaluations specific enough to permit the formulation of concrete recommendations for improvement. A 10 percent sample of projects was chosen for study as theoretically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
For the past twelve years, the School District of Philadelphia has conducted an annual evaluation of the projects funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I. Since 1973, the annual evaluations have been produced in two volumes - The Technical Report and the Abstracts. This volume contains abstracts of 31 project reports. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
Roby, Wallace R.; And Others – 1974
This report investigates the question of whether a combination of attitude and achievement results of pupils can be used in an objective way to identify the more effective reading and math compensatory programs in a state. This question is held to have particular relevance in Connecticut since two-thirds of the state's compensatory programming is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Frechtling, Joy A.; Nyitray, Margot S. – 1977
A research strategy that the National Institute of Education (NIE) has adopted to obtain information about what Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is accomplishing toward achievement of two of its objectives is presented. These two objectives are to fund special services to low achieving students in the poorest schools and to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Dallas Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1981
This report includes an overview of the Dallas Independent School District's Department of Research and Evaluation, along with its goals, budget, and senior staff members. The bulk of the report is comprised of 15 individual interpretative analyses of the Department's 1979-80 research and evaluation reports. Interpretative analyses are performed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Compensatory Education, Educational Objectives
