Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 2 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 6 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 14 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 35 |
Descriptor
| Academic Achievement | 51 |
| Program Implementation | 51 |
| State Legislation | 51 |
| Accountability | 17 |
| Program Effectiveness | 16 |
| School Districts | 16 |
| Educational Legislation | 14 |
| Educational Change | 13 |
| Program Evaluation | 13 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 12 |
| Grants | 11 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 7 |
| Administrators | 2 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| California | 9 |
| Texas | 9 |
| Colorado | 7 |
| Indiana | 5 |
| Minnesota | 4 |
| Illinois | 3 |
| North Carolina | 3 |
| Kentucky | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Maryland | 2 |
| Michigan | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Kentucky Education Reform Act… | 2 |
| Workforce Investment Act 1998 | 2 |
| Education Consolidation… | 1 |
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
| Proposition 227 (California… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| SAT (College Admission Test) | 3 |
| ACT Assessment | 2 |
| General Educational… | 2 |
| National Assessment of… | 2 |
| Preliminary Scholastic… | 1 |
| Texas Essential Knowledge and… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textLinea Harding; Carrie Hahne – Bellwether, 2024
In 2022, Tennessee overhauled its education funding formula to improve outcomes for the 1 million students in the state. The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act (TISA) was designed to simplify the existing funding formula and more equitably allocate resources to schools. Bellwether's case study, "After the Policy Win: First-Year…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Program Implementation, Educational Finance
Pankovits, Tressa; Osborne, David – Progressive Policy Institute, 2020
Across the country, urban school districts are moving beyond industrial-era systems by creating "innovation" or "partnership" schools that have the freedom to reinvent the way they educate students. The Progressive Policy Institute released a how-to guide for legislators, district leaders, and advocates who want to create more…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Educational Innovation, Program Implementation
Anderson, Rachel – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2019
State longitudinal data systems can be a powerful tool to support student success and spur equity-minded improvement throughout state education systems, but state policymakers must ensure that students' information is safe and secure. In a case study looking at Louisiana's efforts to secure student data, this profile illuminates some of the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Privacy, Student Records, Data Use
Bill Kottenstette; Janyse Skalla – Colorado Department of Education, 2024
The Innovation Schools Act of 2008, § 22-32.5-102, et seq. C.R.S., was designed to provide a pathway for schools and districts to develop and implement innovative practices in a wide variety of areas and contexts to improve student outcomes. Innovation schools are required to articulate a vision around the autonomies they are seeking, as well as…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, State Legislation, Institutional Mission, Educational Objectives
White, Michelle; Morris, Terra; Newell, Mallory; Hayward, Craig – RP Group, 2021
As of fall 2019, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office required all California community colleges (CCC) to be in compliance with Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705). CCC were required to implement multiple measures placement policies for math and English that would maximize the likelihood that students with an educational goal of degree or…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Student Placement
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2019
Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5357, laws of 2017, required the Washington State Department of Early Learning, now the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), to establish a four-year pilot project to license "outdoor, nature-based early learning and child care programs," otherwise known as "outdoor preschools." As…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Outdoor Education, Preschool Education, Preschools
Direct linkDuBois, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Due to low student academic achievement, state and federal governments continue to implement educational mandates in the hopes of improving American schools and education. This trend continued in the state of Maine in which Governor LePage and the 125th Maine State Legislature in 2012 passed Public Law, Chapter 635, legislative document, (LD)…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, State Legislation
John P. Papay; Matthew A. Kraft; Jessalynn K. James – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Numerous high-profile efforts have sought to "turn around" low-performing schools. Evidence on the effectiveness of school turnarounds, however, is mixed, and research offers little guidance on which models are more likely to succeed. We present a mixed-methods case study of turnaround efforts led by the Blueprint Schools Network in…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Improvement, School Effectiveness, Educational Administration
Gohar Momjian – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The study focused on institutional efforts to retain and support racially minoritized students in higher education. The purpose of the study was to explore the experience of faculty and staff implementing California Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705), a legislative mandate intended to increase student achievement and close equity gaps among Black and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Minority Group Students, Race, School Holding Power
Bojorquez, Hector; Bahena, Sofia – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2018
In 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature established the Foundation High School Program, which allows for significant local variation in graduation planning and represents one of the most substantial changes to Texas curricula in recent history. The new policy (HB5) lowered graduation requirements for mathematics, science and social studies;…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, College Readiness, High School Students
Stump, Erika; Doykos, Bernadette; Brache, Maria Rios – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2018
In the 127th Maine State Legislative Session, "An Act to Implement Certain Recommendations of the Maine Proficiency Education Council" (S.P. 660 -- L.D. 1627) was passed into law as Chapter 489. This amended the chaptered law passed in 2012, "An Act to Prepare Maine People for the Future Economy" (S.P.439 -- L.D.1422),…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Requirements, Academic Achievement, State Standards
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
de Velasco, Jorge Ruiz; Gonzales, Daisy – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2017
California's alternative education options for youth vulnerable to dropping out of school have been established at different historical points and for different student age and target populations. For purposes of this brief, "alternative school" is defined as belonging to one of six legislatively authorized types of public (non-charter)…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Alignment (Education)
Williams, Conor P. – New America, 2016
One in six school-age Minnesotans has at least one immigrant parent and one in five Minnesotans under five years old is a child of immigrants. This trend is part of a significant shift in the state's racial and ethnic makeup over the past 25 years. This report looks at Minnesota's redesign of policies and practices to better support the education…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Migrant Children, Migrant Education, Educational Change
Vandal, Bruce – Complete College America, 2014
With research indicating that upwards of 50 percent of all new entering postsecondary education students are placed into remedial education and that students placed into remedial education are less likely to earn a postsecondary credential, policymakers and postsecondary leaders alike have committed themselves to transforming remedial education in…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Remedial Programs, Postsecondary Education, Developmental Studies Programs
