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International Education Assessments: Cautions, Conundrums, and Common Sense
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Singer, Judith D., Ed.; Braun, Henry I., Ed.; Chudowsky, Naomi, Ed. – National Academy of Education, 2018
Results from international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) garner considerable attention in the media, academia, and among policy makers. Although there is widespread recognition that ILSAs can provide useful information, there is debate about what types of comparisons are the most meaningful and what could be done to assure more sound…
Descriptors: International Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Data Interpretation
Improving Teaching Capacity to Increase Student Achievement: The Key Role of Data Interpretation by School Leaders
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Lynch, David; Smith, Richard; Provost, Steven; Madden, Jake – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: This paper argues that in a well-organised school with strong leadership and vision coupled with a concerted effort to improve the teaching performance of each teacher, student achievement can be enhanced. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that while macro-effect sizes such as "whole of school" metrics are useful for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Data Interpretation
Professional Development of School Principals and Policy Implementation
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Cothern, Thomas Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Effective professional development for school principals is crucial to the successful administration of schools, especially during periods of change resulting from policy mandates. The Louisiana Legislature has passed legislation in an attempt to reform education in the state. During this same period, the Board of Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Principals, School Districts, School Administration
The 2009 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? With Sections on NAEP Trends, the Persistence of School Test Scores, and Conversion Charter Schools. Volume II, Number 4
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Loveless, Tom – Brookings Institution, 2010
This year's Brown Center Report contains studies taking a long view. Part I examines national test data going back to 1971 from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The study in Part II compares the 1989 test scores of more than 1,000 schools to the same schools' scores in 2009. Part III compares the test scores of conversion…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests, Comparative Analysis
A Second Year Evaluation Study of Promethean ActivClassroom. Final Report
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Marzano, Robert J.; Haystead, Mark W. – Marzano Research Laboratory, 2010
During the 2009-2010 school year, Marzano Research Laboratory (MRL) was commissioned by Promethean Ltd. to conduct a second year evaluation study of the effects of Promethean ActivClassroom on student academic achievement. This report describes the findings from the second year study along with aggregate findings from the first and second year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Research Reports, Program Evaluation
2003 in Review: A Synthesis of the Special Education Technology Literature
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Edyburn, Dave L. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2004
The professional literature continues to be an essential resource for scholars and practitioners for filtering and highlighting new advances in research and practice. However, the ongoing challenges associated with too much information, inadequate tools for managing information overload, and too little time for professional development demand that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Special Education, Professional Development, Content Analysis