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Lybarger, Pamela A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) is to protect the rights of students with disabilities and to assure that all students receive equitable access to a free and appropriate public education; yet there are explicit exclusions written in the law for students who may have experienced environmental,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disabilities, Equal Education, Educational Legislation
Salazar-Morales, Diego Alonso – Journal of Education Policy, 2018
This article explains how after 43 years of unsatisfactory outcomes, the Ministry of Education of Peru (MoE) suddenly ranked at the top of governmental performance tables. To do so, this study relies on implementation and major discussions of policy instrument theories to provide a comprehensive explanation of the reasons underlying the MoE's…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Program Implementation, Low Achievement
Tuytens, Melissa; Devos, Geert – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
In Flanders (Belgium), a new teacher evaluation policy was issued which placed a lot of autonomy with school principals to develop and implement a new teacher evaluation system. In this study, we explore how Flemish principals perceive the new teacher evaluation policy and what influences their perception. Results demonstrate that principals…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Principals, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
Mavrogordato, Madeline; White, Rachel S. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
As state and federal policymakers continue to adopt more centralized policies, it is increasingly important to understand how policies, particularly those designed to enhance education for underserved students, are implemented locally. We employ a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design to investigate the implementation of one policy, that…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Classification, Policy Analysis, Program Implementation
Geurin, Justin A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research project was to conduct an exploratory analysis of the 2016 Mississippi Statewide Accountability System (MSAS), which is the model by which all public schools in Mississippi are assessed, rated, and ranked, in an attempt to assess whether or not the system is an effective policy tool, especially in relation to the goals…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Construct Validity, Educational Assessment, Accountability
Gyamtso, Deki C.; Sherab, Kezang; Maxwell, T. W. – Cogent Education, 2017
This study was conducted in the two teacher education colleges (CoEs) of the Royal University of Bhutan. It was intended to fill the knowledge gap of teacher educators' reactions to the Educating for Gross National Happiness (EdGNH) policy introduced in Bhutan in 2010. EdGNH is recognized as one of the most critical and comprehensive attempts to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Policy
Johns, Caroline – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed method study was a practitioner inquiry into the teacher evaluation system that was enacted as a result of Pennsylvania House Bill 1901 (Act 82 of 2012). The study was an effort to gain an in-depth understanding of (a) factors that led to the passage of the Act 82 teacher evaluation policy, (b) what the policy was intended to do, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Mixed Methods Research, Educational Legislation
Robertson-Kraft, Claire; Zhang, Rosaline S. – Educational Policy, 2018
A growing body of research examines the impact of recent teacher evaluation systems; however, we have limited knowledge on how these systems influence teacher retention. This study uses a mixed-methods design to examine teacher retention patterns during the pilot year of an evaluation system in an urban school district in Texas. We used…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
Bridwell-Mitchell, E. N.; Sherer, David G. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
One critical factor in policy implementation is how teachers interpret policy. Previous research largely overlooks how the broader culture shapes teachers' interpretations. In the current research, we explore how teachers' interpretations of instructional reforms are associated with the logics of broad societal institutions. Our longitudinal…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Organizational Climate, Organizational Culture, Organizational Theories
Klostermann, Brenda K.; Pareja, Amber Stitziel; Hart, Holly; White, Bradford R.; Huynh, Michelle Hanh – Illinois Education Research Council, 2015
The goals of the current mixed methods study--the Illinois Principal Preparation Implementation Review Project (I-PREP)--are to describe how the new policy is being implemented, learning which aspects of the implementation have been challenging and why they present challenges, and how programs are addressing challenges and realizing improvements…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Program Implementation, Success
Klostermann, Brenda K.; Pareja, Amber Stitziel; Hart, Holly; White, Bradford R.; Huynh, Michelle Hanh – Illinois Education Research Council, 2015
The goals of the current mixed methods study--the Illinois Principal Preparation Implementation Review Project (I-PREP)--are to describe how the new policy is being implemented, learning which aspects of the implementation have been challenging and why they present challenges, and how programs are addressing challenges and realizing improvements…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Program Implementation, Success
Wangila, Violet Muyoka – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This paper scrutinises the challenges facing the implementation of Early Childhood Development and Education policy in Bungoma County, Kenya. The study used a mixed research design and study population comprised of the QASOs, the Head teachers, ECDE teachers and the non-teaching staff in respective ECDCs. The sample size of the study comprised of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Program Implementation
Hinnant-Crawford, Brandi – International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 2016
Guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) this study sought to understand how teachers view themselves as educational policy actors and to construct an instrument that measures teacher beliefs about their aptitude to advocate for changes in educational policy. This study employed a sequential explanatory design, characterized by quantitative data…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Policy, Social Cognition, Advocacy
Malen, Betty; Dayhoff, Justin; Egan, Laura; Croninger, Robert G. – Educational Policy, 2017
Weighted student funding (WSF) is a multifaceted school finance, management, and governance reform that is gaining attention. While WSF has a number of goals, its primary objective is to redress intra-district funding inequities. This article draws on a mixed-methods study of WSF in Prince George's County Public Schools to examine the initiative's…
Descriptors: County School Districts, Funding Formulas, Finance Reform, Educational Policy
Leung, Cheung-Shing Sam; Lim, Swee Eng Audrey; Li, Yuen Ling – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
In the past, the Curriculum Development Council in Hong Kong [Curriculum Development Council (CDC). (1996). "Guide to the Pre-Primary Curriculum." Hong Kong: Government Printer; CDC. (2000). "Consultation Document: Learning to Learn: The Way Forward in Curriculum Development." Hong Kong: Government Printer; CDC. (2001).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Kindergarten