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A Well-Started Beginning Elementary Teacher's Beliefs and Practices in Relation to Reform Recommendations about Inquiry-Based Science
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Avraamidou, Lucy – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2017
Given reform recommendations emphasizing scientific inquiry and empirical evidence pointing to the difficulties beginning teachers face in enacting inquiry-based science, this study explores a well-started beginning elementary teacher's (Sofia) beliefs about inquiry-based science and related instructional practices. In order to explore Sofia's…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
Linking Research and Practice in New York: A New York City Small Schools of Choice Case Study
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Hughes, Robert; Silver, David; Thompson, Saskia; Unterman, Rebecca – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Over the last decade, New York City (NYC) has been the site of a systemwide high school reform effort that is unprecedented in its scope and pace. Since 2002, the school district has closed more than 20 failing high schools, opened more than 200 new secondary schools, and implemented a centralized high school admission process in which…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Educational Change, High Schools, School Restructuring
Implementing Data-Informed Decision Making in Schools: Teacher Access, Supports and Use
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Means, Barbara; Padilla, Christine; DeBarger, Angela; Bakia, Marianne – US Department of Education, 2009
Implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation has been accompanied by demand for data systems capable of providing a longitudinal record of each student's educational experiences and performance over time. The national Study of Education Data Systems and Decision Making is examining both the implementation of student data systems…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Data Interpretation
Perceptions of State-Funded, School District-Based Principal Preparation Programs in Virginia 2004-2006
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Kirk, Kathryn Gordy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The mixed methods case study described and analyzed the 2004-2006 district-based principal preparation programs in Virginia. This dissertation explored goals stated in proposals for funding as well as program director and program completer perceptions of goals, content, processes, and outcomes for the 10 principal preparation programs that stemmed…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, School Law, Data Collection, Instructional Leadership
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Conzemius, Anne – Journal of Staff Development, 2000
Describes how one school improved after a new principal put data-based decision making (via a detailed needs assessment) at the heart of school reform and staff development efforts, discussing the school's evolution. The paper examines key factors that support the effective use of data in schools: focus to answer questions, reflection to provide…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Change
Using Data: Innovative Ways To Improve Results for Students with Disabilities.
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Research Connections in Special Education, 2003
This issue presents two articles on the use of data to improve results for students with disabilities. The first paper examines how researchers supported by the Office of Special Education Programs are discovering innovative uses of scientifically derived information in instructional and administrative decision making as well as strategies for…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Curriculum Based Assessment, Data Collection