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Elizabeth L. Leone – New England College Journal of Applied Educational Research, 2025
Multilingual learners (MLL) are a large and growing group of disadvantaged students in the United States public education system who come from refugee and immigrant backgrounds and require linguistic instruction, in addition to content instruction. MLLs are entitled to language instruction, and school districts receive additional funding for these…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Instructional Materials
Data Quality Campaign, 2024
In 2024, state legislators introduced hundreds of bills that would affect data collection, access, and use across early education, K-12, postsecondary, and the workforce. As in 2023, legislators continued to introduce and enact legislation governing cross-agency data systems. These policies are the most important step toward making statewide…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Force
St. John, Victor; Gabriel, Alexander – National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth (NDTAC), 2021
The primary purpose of Title 1, Part D programs is to improve the educational outcomes for youth who are categorized as "neglected" (n), "delinquent" (d), or at-risk under the statute. This brief is designed to help State Coordinators, grantees involved in data collection or analyses, and personnel involved in the design of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, At Risk Students
Diana Louise Nestico-Arnold – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Elementary school teachers struggle to collect and use reading progress data to make instructional decisions. Collecting and interpreting reading progress data when making instructional decisions allows districts to identify and support students who need early reading intervention and may protect districts from Free Appropriate Public Education…
Descriptors: Progress Monitoring, Reading Achievement, Data Use, Decision Making
Pak, Katie; Desimone, Laura M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Under both No Child Left Behind and the Every Student Succeeds Act, school leaders have been mandated to employ data-driven decision-making (DDDM) to diagnose student needs, implement targeted supports, and design school improvements. However, district administrators tasked with developing principals' DDDM capacity face a tough road. The authors…
Descriptors: Principals, Decision Making, Capacity Building, Evidence Based Practice
Saenz-Armstrong, Patricia – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2021
For any labor market to function properly, clear information is needed to guide decision making; its absence invariably leads to less than optimal decisions and inefficiencies. While the broader labor market is riddled with imperfect information, the teacher labor market is particularly vulnerable--largely for the lack of the most basic…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, Decision Making, State Departments of Education
Greer, Maureen; Kilpatrick, Jamie; McCullough, Katy; Reid, Kellen – Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2016
This 2016 document is designed to provide state Part C staff with guidance on using fiscal data to analyze and revise their allocation methodology. Allocation methodology is the process -- including practices, strategies, procedures, and policies -- used by Part C state staff to equitably distribute funds to meet the needs of the system, including…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Shepard, Lorrie A.; Penuel, William R.; Davidson, Kristen L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act grants states new flexibility to create more balanced assessment systems with a greater role for formative assessment. Drawing on lessons learned over three decades of research and reform, we argue that state and local leaders should take the lead in designing new assessments guided by two core principles: First,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Formative Evaluation, Test Construction
Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2019
The long-term goal of the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) and other federal and state early intervention and early childhood education initiatives is improved child and family outcomes. States play a critical role in supporting practitioners in the use of evidence-based practices to improve child and family outcomes. When practitioners…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Data Collection
US House of Representatives, 2017
This document records testimony from a hearing held to discuss higher education and transparency as Congress is working to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Susan A. Rankin, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development; and (2) Honorable Brett Guthrie, Chairman,…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Decision Making, Higher Education, College Students
Atkinson, Linton – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This paper is a research dissertation based on a qualitative case study conducted on Teachers' Experiences within a Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM) process. The study site was a Title I elementary school in a large school district in Central Florida. Background information is given in relation to the need for research that was conducted on the…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Data, Decision Making, Reading Achievement
Brawley, Susan; Stormont, Melissa A. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2014
The importance of collecting and using data for educational decision making is clear. However, little information has been gathered about the systematic collection and use of data in early childhood. The purpose of this study was to explore teacher perceptions of data collection practices in early childhood. Participants included 137 early…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
Dorn, Sherman – Exceptional Children, 2010
The literature base on using formative assessment for instructional and intervention decisions is formidable, but the history of the practice of formative assessment is spotty. Even with the pressures of high-stakes accountability, its definition is fuzzy, its adoption is inconsistent, and the prognosis for future use is questionable. A historical…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Data Analysis, Accountability, Evaluation Methods
Rhim, Lauren Morando – Academic Development Institute, 2013
Locally controlled public schools are one of the cornerstones of our nation's democracy, yet many schools are not preparing students for success. Far too many students are not graduating, and many of those who do graduate are woefully unprepared for college or a meaningful career. Successfully initiating and sustaining meaningful improvements in…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Boards of Education, Accountability, Educational Change
Samples, Tammy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Education reform has been on a new path over the last 15 years; a path that leads to more accountability, more choice for students and parents, highly qualified teachers, as well as, best practices in instruction. In an effort to move along the path of reform and as a result of previous reform, the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA reviewed the field…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Counties, Educational Change
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