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Holligan, Chris – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2017
The continuation of neo-liberalism requires concerted effort. Political consent is constructed through practices of enforced cultural socialisation, the mobilisations of which obfuscate other realities. David Harvey describes this process as the construction of consent. The common sense encouraged by English academy schools is the result of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Politics of Education, Commercialization
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Wright, Brian L.; Ford, Donna Y.; Young, Jemimah L. – Global Education Review, 2017
Lack of access to gifted education is prevalent, yet preventable for Black and Hispanic students. Years of data from the Office for Civil Rights and national reports reveal that deficit thinking, prejudice, and discrimination must be at work, thus compromising the educational experiences of gifted students of color. In this article, the authors…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, Excellence in Education, Equal Education
Gemin, Butch; Pape, Larry; Vashaw, Lauren; Watson, John – Evergreen Education Group, 2015
Online learning has steadily become a more integral strategy for schools and districts in their efforts to offer students greater access to the courses they need. Where in the past, much of the online learning activity happened at the state level or regional level, more and more schools are exercising greater control over their online and digital…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Learning, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Walters, James J. – Educational Considerations, 2008
The goal of this study was to estimate the effects of district efficiency on student achievement in Michigan with the hope that objective analysis might serve to ease progress through the troublesome political process any transition to an adequacy-based school finance model will encounter. This study draws upon the methodology used by Phelps and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement, Accountability
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Hansen, Janet S. – Education Finance and Policy, 2008
This article describes the potential for using K-12 education data to support school improvement efforts and the effective and efficient use of education resources. It examines the availability and transparency of education data in California as part of the "Getting Down to Facts" effort to improve education decision making in that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
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Hannaway, Jane; McKay, Shannon – Education Next, 2001
Reports results of research on efforts by the Houston School District to raise students' reading and mathematics scores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills. Houston lowered the achievement gap between whites and Hispanics and African-Americans and made greater gains than the five other major urban school districts. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kanstoroom, Marci – Education Next, 2001
Describes efforts to implement standards-based reform in the Houston School District using both a top-down and a bottom-up approach, where local schools were allowed considerable autonomy in achieving reform, but given direction, training, and resources by the district. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Educational Change
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Kazalunas, John R. – College Student Journal, 1977
This article addresses criterion-referenced vs. norm-referenced tests. Its purpose is to help the reader become acquainted with the uses, accountability, advantages, and statistical differences between these two types of tests. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountability, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Norms
Iowa State Legislature, Des Moines. – 1989
This two-volume report examines the planning needed in order that Iowa's higher education system can keep pace with, as well as anticipate, the state's future societal changes and educational needs. The report opens with a review of where Iowa and its education system now stand and looks at the expected shape of the state's economic and social…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Colleges, Educational Improvement
Sinclair, Beth; Gutmann, Babette – 1993
This report summarizes the 1990-91 State Performance Reports for the Chapter 1 (Education Consolidation and Improvement Act) local education agency (LEA) program and the Chapter 1 State Agency Neglected or Delinquent program. Chapter 1 represents the largest investment in elementary and secondary education of the Federal government. With the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 2001
As a follow-up to an earlier ECS report on the extent to which states were prepared to implement President Bush's education plan, this report provides an in-depth examination of three major Bush plan initiatives: assessing student performance, motivating and assessing low-performing schools, and providing school-choice options. The report begins…
Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Educational Planning, Educational Testing
Zbinden, William R.; Martwick, Richard J. – 1979
The project grant objectives for fiscal year 1978 for the Chicago Regional Project serving handicapped children are analyzed in relation to seven student related objectives and one facility staff related objective. Statistical data for objectives in the following areas are included: self help skills, motor development, communication skills,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adjustment (to Environment), Communication Skills
Office of Policy and Planning (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
This report describes the purpose, funding, services, administration, and effectiveness of 145 programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education during fiscal year 1991; and briefly covers planned studies. It outlines 35 Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 4 Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, 36 Office…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education
Public Agenda Foundation, New York, NY. – 2003
This document presents the complete findings, full wordings, complete responses, and sample sizes from a series of surveys conduced from 1998 through 2002. The surveys covered a variety of topics about public education, including student achievement, academic standards, standardized testing, accountability, curriculum, safety and discipline,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills
Brasel, Michael D.; Forrer, Kathleen – 1990
The New Mexico State legislature requires the Department of Education to publish this report card concerning several educational indicators. The indicators included are: (1) enrollment statistics; (2) Advanced Placement Program enrollment statistics; (3) New Mexico Scholars Program statistics; (4) percentage of the graduating class applying to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Advanced Placement Programs, College Applicants