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Ruth E. Ryder – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2023
States continue to work to implement statewide accountability systems; publicly report extensive information on State and local report cards, as required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA); and provide additional resources to schools designated for support and improvement. These systems are vital for improving outcomes…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Statewide Planning
Howard Adelman; Linda Taylor – Center for MH in Schools and Student/Learning Supports at UCLA, 2024
In this brief, we discuss embedding and framing the evolving literatures related to improvement and implementation sciences into a general intervention perspective. From that perspective, we sketch out some basic considerations related to improvement and implementation research, practice, and policy.
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Research and Development, Change Strategies, Educational Change
State Accountability Rating Systems: A Review of School Report Cards as Indicators of School Quality
Sunderman, Gail L. – National Education Policy Center, 2022
The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 provided states with increased flexibility to design school accountability systems. A core element of the law is the requirement that states develop statewide systems allowing for meaningful differentiation among schools, and use this information to identify schools that should be the focus of improvement…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards
Koh, Gloria A.; Askell-Williams, Helen; Barr, Shyam – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2023
There are reports about school improvement initiatives that have been successfully implemented and evaluated within relatively brief time scales. However, many initiatives do not survive over longer terms. Our purpose in this study was to identify successful strategies for achieving long-term school improvement. We interviewed 12 leaders at four…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, School Effectiveness, Sustainability, Educational Objectives
Chu, Jessica; Galvis, Maria A.; Kotonya, Juliet – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2021
NFER conducted an independent evaluation of the Inspect and Improve (I&I) pilot project in Eastern Uganda. I&I is a school inspections and improvement programme implemented by Promoting Equality in African Schools (PEAS) in partnership with Uganda's Directorate of Education Standards (DES), under the Ministry of Education and Sports…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Inspection, Equal Education
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2022
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2023 through 2028 represents the planned direction of the organization for FYs 2023-2028. It continues the 40-plus year commitment to the mission to promote the efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity of the Department's programs…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Planning, Federal Government, Public Agencies
Houston Independent School District, 2023
This report presents changes in educator and student outcomes for HISD, Achieve 180 Program schools, and non-Achieve 180 comparison schools which were Title I, Part A campuses for the fifth year of the program. Positive effects of the Achieve 180 Program were observed although there were still challenges which Achieve 180 Program schools needed to…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement, School Districts, School Turnaround
McDiarmid, G. Williamson – ECNU Review of Education, 2019
Purpose: Written from the prospective of a school of education dean, the article describes how deans worked with researchers and university system staff to develop multiple measures of teacher preparation program (TPP) quality. Design/Approach/Methods: As a key participant in the development of a multi-methods approach to evaluating (TPP) quality,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Program Improvement, Educational Quality
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Hayes, Susan A.; Nagle, Kate; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Dosedel, Michael; Quanbeck, Mari; Olson, Rachel – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
This report presents the findings of an analysis of states' FFY 2018 State Systemic Improvement Plans (SSIPs), submitted to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in April 2020. It specifically addresses how assessments were included in states' State-Identified Measurable Results (SIMRs). For states with…
Descriptors: State Programs, Statewide Planning, Educational Improvement, Strategic Planning
Barragan Torres, Mariana; Bates, Meg; Beilstein, Shereen Oca – Online Submission, 2022
The Illinois Educator Preparation Profiles (IEPP) system, housed at the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), provides public information on the performance of Illinois teacher preparation programs (TPPs) across the state. TPPs are scored on 11 indicators grouped into four domains--candidate selection and completion, knowledge and skills for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Teacher Education Programs, Scores, Profiles
Cameron, Kristen; Boyles, Deron – Global Education Review, 2022
Contemporary Froebelian-inspired early childhood education in the United States is challenged by government regulation and accreditation requirements that have arisen alongside neoliberalism in education. Using Critical Policy Analysis and case study examples from a preschool in Atlanta, Georgia, this paper examines the influence of neoliberalism…
Descriptors: Standards, Educational Quality, Neoliberalism, Teaching Methods
Pannell, Summer; Sergi-McBrayer, Juliann – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2020
This pilot study investigated the relationship between principal preparation program (PPP) field experience structure and principal instructional leadership preparedness as measured by state certification exams and state-wide student assessment results. The researchers sought to determine if a statistically significant difference existed in…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Academic Achievement, Scores
West Virginia Department of Education, 2020
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), WV GRADUATION 20/20 was implemented during the 2015-2016 academic school year beginning with 69 schools in 36 counties, representing 59% of West Virginia's high schools. During the 2016-2017 academic year the number of high schools grew to 72 and the cohort included 20 middle schools bringing the total…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Programs, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Reagan, Emilie M. – National Academy of Education, 2021
In 2010, as the result of a congressionally mandated study, the National Research Council (NRC) published the report "Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy" (NRC, 2010). Reflecting the unprecedented attention to teacher quality that had emerged internationally in response to the exigencies of the "global knowledge…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Knowledge Economy
West Virginia Department of Education, 2019
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), WV GRADUATION 20/20, was implemented during the 2015-2016 academic school year beginning with sixty-nine (69) schools in thirty-six (36) counties representing fifty-nine (59) percent of West Virginia's high schools. During the 2016-2017 academic year the number of high schools has grew to seventy-two…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Programs, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation