This paper presents a documentary review in Spain on the uses and experiences of school change with Index for Inclusion materials (Booth and Ainscow, 2000, 2011) during the last 15 years. A brief description of the Spanish educational system is made in order to contextualise this analysis. The initiatives are grouped into three categories.…

The technological capacity that now exists to gather and store large amounts of data has improved access to information regarding young people in schools. Improvements in data management techniques and statistical data software packages have made retrieving and analysing systems data a more accessible and manageable process. On a smaller scale,…

Adolescent girls more often than boys expect higher education in nearly all 50 education systems in TIMSS 2011, before and after controls for effects of educational achievement, education-conducive family resources, and "liking school." At a macrolevel, this gender disparity is moderately correlated with the gender disparity in…

This study investigates the effects of women's education and labor force ratio on the level of development in countries. We use a complete dataset covering 44 countries over the period 1990-2010. It comprises the following: education index, the ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education, income per capita, human development index,…

Updated to include the 2012 award and honor books, this new edition of the annual guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards gathers together the books deemed most distinguished in American children's literature and illustration since the inception of the renowned prizes. Librarians and teachers everywhere rely on this guidebook for quick reference…

Updated to include the 2011 award and honor books, this new edition of the annual guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards gathers together the books deemed most distinguished in American children's literature and illustration since the inception of the renowned prizes. Librarians and teachers everywhere rely on this guidebook for quick reference…

School accountability decisions based on standardized tests hinge on the degree of alignment of the test with a state's standards. Yet no established criteria were available for judging strength of alignment. Previous studies of alignment among tests, standards, and teachers' instruction have yielded mixed results that are difficult to interpret…

This article concerns the contribution that feedback makes to valid classroom assessment of the writing of young learners (YLs), defined here as approximately 9-13 years old. It shows that a scale of descriptors adapted from the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR; Council of Europe, 2001) can play a central role…

"Dimension" is the annual volume containing the selected, refereed, edited Proceedings of each year's conference. "Communication Beyond the Classroom" was the announced theme of the annual conference of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT), held April 15-17, 2010, at the Winston-Salem Marriott in Winston-Salem,…

Authorizers are as varied as the schools they oversee. Some are responsible for just one charter, while others monitor hundreds of charters serving tens of thousands of students. Some are school districts, while others are independent statewide boards, universities, not-for-profits, or state education agencies. Regardless of their size and type,…

The study concludes that leadership by school administrators is a crucial factor in distinguishing schools that are using the Internet effectively for instruction, and schools that are not. This report is one of a series of Pew foundation reports on ways in which the Internet is affecting American life and society. The study reports that nearly…

This bulletin contains an index to the Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications from February, 1917 - January, 1918. The numbers in the bulletin refer to the item, not to the page. Names of persons about whom articles or books are written and references to subjects are printed in small capitals. [Best copy available has been provided.]

This bulletin constitutes a complete author and subject index to the 2,380 entries contained in the 10 numbers of the "Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications" issued from February, 1920, to January, 1921, inclusive. The record was published each month during this period, with the exception of July and August. The references…

The National League of Compulsory Education Officials, beginning with its 13th annual convention in 1923 and ending with the 30th annual convention in 1940, published annual proceedings of each convention. This article includes both a topic and presenter index and a summary of the 1935 and 1941 annual conventions, based on newspaper articles, for…

In this report, the School Health Index includes a Planning for Improvement section to help schools develop an action plan for improving student health. A school's results from the Index can help promote health activities in the overall School Improvement Plan. With the growing recognition of the relationship between health and academic…