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Download full textPrice, Lauren E.; Cramer, Eric; Milanowski, Anthony; Mader, Jordan; Robertson, Dana; Stevens, Carla J. – Houston Independent School District, 2019
The fourth cohort of the Teacher Incentive Fund federal grant competition ("TIF4") included special consideration for projects that would identify, develop, and utilize master teachers as leaders of STEM education. In September 2012, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) was awarded a TIF4 grant for $15.9 million to implement a…
Descriptors: Incentive Grants, STEM Education, School Districts, Program Evaluation
Price, Lauren E.; Christian, M.; Stevens, Carla J. – Houston Independent School District, 2019
Since established by an Appropriations Act in 2006, the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) competitive grant program in the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has supported human capital strategies "to ensure that students attending high-poverty schools have better access to effective teachers and principals, especially in hard-to-staff subject…
Descriptors: Incentive Grants, STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Human Capital
Sludden, John; Beaver, Jessica; Park, Elizabeth; Kumar, Anurag; Gao, Jian – Research For Action, 2014
According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) press release, in which the Governor outlined his budget priorities for 2014-2015, the Governor's plan includes the Expanding Excellence Program. If enacted and funded, this initiative would "provide competitive funding to schools that have attained a 90 or higher on the School…
Descriptors: Excellence in Education, State Government, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes. Third-Year Report
Orland, Martin; Connolly, Brooke; Fong, Tony; Sosenko, Lauren Davis; Tushnet, Naida C.; Yin, Robert K.; Burt, Janeula M.; Warner, Emily – US Department of Education, 2008
The Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Program was established as a demonstration program in 1998 and authorized as a full program in 2002 as part of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). It is one approach to help low-performing K-12 public schools meet state performance standards. CSR emphasizes two major concepts: mandating that school reform…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1986
This assessment of the second year of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 presents an analysis of information in six areas important to improving education. This trend information can be used to determine whether proposed benefits of the act are being realized. The first chapter reviews trends in student test scores and other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
