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Teacher Perceptions of Influence, Autonomy, and Satisfaction in the Early Race to the Top Era
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Wright, Kim B.; Shields, Samantha M.; Black, Katie; Banerjee, Manjari; Waxman, Hersh C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
In the present study, hierarchical linear modeling with random intercept models was used to estimate the impact school and teacher-level factors had on K-12 teachers' perceptions of school influence, curricular and pedagogical autonomy, and job satisfaction in the early years of the Race to the Top Era. The main predictors investigated were…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Professional Autonomy, Job Satisfaction
On the Frontline of CCSS Implementation: A National Study of Factors Influencing Teachers' Perceptions of Teaching Conditions and Job Satisfaction
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Endacott, Jason L.; Collet, Vicki; Goering, Christian Z.; Turner, Ronna; Denny, George S.; Wright, Ginney; Jennings-Davis, Jennifer – Cogent Education, 2016
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represent an unprecedented change in American education. As an increasingly integral part of the school accountability movement under No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, responsibility for implementing CCSS rests largely with school leadership. One important factor in the success or failure of these…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Program Implementation, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Conditions
Psychometric Challenges in Assessing English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities
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Lane, Suzanne; Leventhal, Brian – Review of Research in Education, 2015
This chapter addresses the psychometric challenges in assessing English language learners (ELLs) and students with disabilities (SWDs). The first section addresses some general considerations in the assessment of ELLs and SWDs, including the prevalence of ELLs and SWDs in the student population, federal and state legislation that requires the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Evaluation Problems, English Language Learners, Disabilities