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Goren, Paul – American Journal of Education, 2012
The articles in this issue call for a deeper and better understanding of data, their use, the conditions that are most conducive for using data well, how individuals and groups of practitioners make sense of the data before them, and the intended and unintended consequences of data use for school improvement. The authors together craft important…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Change, Decision Making, Data
Moss, Pamela A. – American Journal of Education, 2012
In their opening comments to this special issue on data use, Coburn and Turner point to "one of the most central questions in social theory: the interrelationship between macro-social structure and micro-level action." Questions about data use--which entail social phenomena that range from federal policy to moment-to-moment interactions…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Social Structure, Social Theories, Best Practices
Zoll, Susan M.; Rosenquest, Bobbi – NHSA Dialog, 2011
This article seeks to examine 2 federally funded early literacy projects, one an Early Reading First demonstration project, the other an Early Childhood Educators Professional Development Research Study. It describes the respective professional development models that include on-site mentoring support to improve teacher quality. The article…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Effectiveness, Early Reading, Demonstration Programs
Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2010
In recent years, criticism of high school graduates' lack of readiness for college and work has led a number of states to raise high school graduation requirements -- particularly in terms of the number and rigor of courses students must pass. Yet states have found that without a common end-of-
course measure, it is impossible to ensure that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements, High School Graduates
Ure, Christine; Gray, Jan – Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood (NJ1), 2012
The purpose of the Research and Mapping for MCEECDYA Project: Student Academic Engagement was to examine the characteristics of schools with a low Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) from all jurisdictions that were identified to be making a difference to student academic and to identify the key drivers and characteristics of…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
America can no longer afford an education system that fails to use data effectively to guide decisionmaking. The education sector is facing ever-increasing demands to improve student outcomes, reduce burden, increase efficiency, and improve transparency. These demands cannot be met without the strategic and effective use of data. Due to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Data
Martin, Ian – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Recent work has shown that many state supported school counseling programs have not developed working statewide program evaluation schemas. This study examined two exemplary examples of state level program evaluation. Mixed-method case studies were created and then analyzed across cases to reveal common themes and best practices. The findings…
Descriptors: State Programs, Program Evaluation, School Counseling, Best Practices
Hills, Fred W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Online education is the fastest growing form of course delivery of higher education in the United States. It has revolutionized how students and instructors interact in the educational process. Yet students in online courses continue to experience higher attrition rates than their counterparts in traditional face-to-face classes despite the…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Persistence, Online Courses
Public Agenda, 2012
"Building Institutional Capacity for Data-Informed Decision Making" is the third installment of the Cutting Edge series, which aims to help colleges engage faculty, scale successful interventions, and create a strong culture of evidence through use of data to strengthen their institutional change and student success efforts. Though the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Community Colleges, Organizational Change, Decision Making
Faubert, Violaine – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
This paper examines the current academic and policy literatures concerning school evaluation in primary and secondary education within the OECD countries. First, it provides a typology of the existing systems of school evaluation across the OECD. It encompasses the diverse criteria and instruments commonly used to carry out schools evaluation, as…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
Mc Iver, Martha Abele; Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth – Educational Research Service, 2008
This resource examines the role of the central office in improving instruction and therefore improving student achievement. Mac Iver and Farley-Ripple provide a comprehensive review of the available research (since the 1970s) on the role of the central office in student achievement. First, they review the research chronologically, and then by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Central Office Administrators, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement