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Jones, Eric Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Of the six PLC dimensions theorized by Hord, the 307 respondents in this study suggested that two such dimension--namely, "Shared Personal Practice" and "Supportive Conditions: Structures"--tended systematically to be underrepresented at their schools: irrespective of their schools' categorization as either high- or…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Disproportionate Representation, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Communities of Practice
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Zarate, Maria Estela; Pineda, Claudia G. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: Relying largely on high school measures of home language use, the literature examining immigrant incorporation in schools provides contradictory evidence of home language effects on educational outcomes. More recent research has demonstrated that home language use is dynamic and thus it is important to examine the implications…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Usage, Immigrants, Family Environment
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Stuit, David; Austin, Megan J.; Berends, Mark; Gerdeman, R. Dean – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2014
Recent changes to state laws on accountability have prompted school districts to design teacher performance evaluation systems that incorporate student achievement (student growth) as a major component. As a consequence, some states and districts are considering teacher value-added models as part of teacher performance evaluations. Value-added…
Descriptors: Norm Referenced Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Teacher Effectiveness, Reading Achievement