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Laurie Gagnon – Childhood Education, 2024
In 1934, 29 American secondary schools agreed to participate in a landmark study to determine whether high schools could better serve youth when given flexibility around curriculum and freedom to "experiment with the basic structure of schooling." Popularly known as the "Eight-Year Study," it bolstered movements for progressive…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests
Zirkel, Perry A.; Locuniak, Maria N.; Roberts, Erica S. – Communique, 2023
"Evaluation" under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is among the major responsibilities of school psychologists. This concluding article in the series on evaluation under the IDEA provides legal analysis and professional recommendations related to procedural appropriateness. Specifically, it addresses notices,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities
Audrey Amrein-Beardsley; Matthew Ryan Lavery; Jessica Holloway; Margarita Pivovarova; Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2023
Local education agencies (LEAs) continue to use value-added models (VAMs) for teacher evaluation policies and purposes, often with consequences attached. Although the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides more flexibility to LEAs, few have discontinued VAM use, suggesting they interpret VAMs as a valid measure of teacher effectiveness. In…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness
Region 1 Comprehensive Center, 2025
New Hampshire has several initiatives underway that support work-based learning (WBL) opportunities for students. However, a recent review of those initiatives indicated that the state uses eight different definitions explaining the characteristics and expectations of a WBL experience. As a result of the lack of a common definition, local…
Descriptors: School Districts, State Departments of Education, Work Based Learning, Evaluation Methods
Linda Bates Murray – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As a result of federal and state laws, it is necessary to identify an accurate predictor of student achievement before administering the state-mandated test. School districts are increasingly administering "benchmark assessments" throughout the year to measure students' progress and provide teachers with data about adjusting instruction.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Benchmarking, Prediction
Maeghan N. Hennessey; Kendra L. Williams-Diehm; Tracy E. Sinclair; Christopher Sanford; Renee Cameto – Inclusion, 2023
Employment outcomes have long been emphasized as a primary transition outcome for individuals with extensive support needs. To develop appropriate annual individualized education plan (IEP) goals for transition, appropriate transition assessments must be administered to guide the process (Prince et al., 2014). As such, transition assessment is a…
Descriptors: Employment, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Jennifer A. Bury – ProQuest LLC, 2024
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) cemented a standardized testing assessment culture in the United States but research has highlighted the inequities (Au, 2020; Dixon, 1978; Grodsky et al., 2008; Khan, 2020; Moses & Nanna, 2007), unreliability (Hunt et al., 2010; Pizmony-Levy & Green Saraisky, 2016) and negative impacts (Berryhill et al., 2009;…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Accountability
Thomas K. Franzmann; Tyler L. Renshaw – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2025
This article presents a structured blueprint for school psychologists to assess and intervene in cases of automatically maintained self-injurious behavior (SIB) while adhering to the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) mandate. We outline a six-step process for conducting Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) of automatically maintained SIB,…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, School Psychologists, Student Behavior, Educational Legislation
Derek C. Briggs – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
This article provides a history of the two large-scale assessment consortia that were funded in 2010 as part of the Race to the Top Competition, the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC), and the Smarter-Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). I compare the goals the consortia were funded to meet between 2011…
Descriptors: Consortia, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
The Curricula of Primary Education and Neoliberal Educational Policy in Greece : A Critical Analysis
Marina Sounoglou – Journal of Pedagogy, 2024
The purpose of this article is to contribute to a critical approach to analysing the new curricula and to outline student-centric approaches through an examination of legislation on educational policy applied by the Greek government in the last five years. After twenty years from the last curricula (2003), the new curricula were published in a…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Elementary School Students, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Mary E. Little; Dena D. Slanda; Elizabeth D. Cramer – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024
This book is designed to build and enhance educators' knowledge about decision-making processes, including the use of multiple sources of assessment and data to inform instruction, interventions, services, and supports for all students within a comprehensive system to conduct action research. This resource demystifies, describes, and connects the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Skills, Teacher Characteristics, Decision Making Skills
Vásquez-Colina, María D.; Morris, John D. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2022
Parents play a critical role in helping in their children's success in education, yet we know little about how much information they have regarding assessment. Using a poll with closed-ended questions Hispanic parents' self-reported assessment knowledge and familiarity with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was examined. Through two ANOVAs and…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Parents, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Knowledge Level
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2023
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) strives to provide every student with a positive and productive assessment experience, generating results that are a fair and accurate estimate of each student's achievement. Further, Smarter Balanced is building on a framework of accessibility for participating students, including…
Descriptors: Usability, Accessibility (for Disabled), Testing Accommodations, Students with Disabilities
National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2025
State leaders have long recognized the value of statewide tests. Many had well-developed testing systems long before the No Child Left Behind Act, signed in 2002, required annual assessments in grades 3-8. Another sign of that recognition is the recent plethora of new state testing requirements for K-3 students. But would states continue to test…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Measurement, State Government
Kristie L. Baumgartner – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) has been the governing legislation for teacher evaluation in Illinois since its inception in 2010. PERA's original purpose was to improve the professional competence of teachers while increasing the academic performance of students. This study explored the perceptions and experiences of a small group of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Performance Based Assessment, Educational Legislation, Elementary School Teachers