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Direct linkEarl, Richard A.; Montalvo, Edris J.; Ross, Amanda R.; Hefty, Eunice – Journal of Geography, 2009
Environmental agencies in most states have an environmental education Web page that can point geography teachers to a variety of opportunities and resources to enhance their teaching. Most states provide linkages to local and national programs such as Project WET and Project WILD, and access to lesson plans and other teaching materials. A number…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Field Trips, Environmental Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textStecher, Brian M.; Barron, Sheila I. – 1999
Kentucky has been implementing test-based accountability for almost a decade, making it a good site for studying the effects of the milepost testing model. In 1996, a study was undertaken of the impact of standards-based assessment on classroom practices in Kentucky. Kentucky teachers (n=365) were surveyed about their classroom practices and other…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies
Huinker, DeAnn; Pearson, Gretchen – 1997
The Urban Systemic Initiatives (USI) program is an effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that targets large urban school systems with the goal of sustainable implementation of high-quality, standards-based teaching for the purpose of attaining system-wide increases in students' learning of challenging mathematics and science.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Stecher, Brian M.; Barron, Sheila; Kaganoff, Tessa; Goodwin, Joy – 1998
This report is part of a multi-year project to examine the effects of standards-based assessment reform on schools and classrooms. During the past year, the project investigated school and classroom effects of assessment reforms in the state of Kentucky, a state that has been at the forefront of the standards-based assessment movement. This report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Dutro, Elizabeth; Fisk, Maria Chesley; Koch, Richard; Roop, Laura J.; Wixson, Karen – 2002
This study focuses on how a statewide reform initiative, when envisioned as a professional development opportunity, affected teachers' capacities to become change-agents in their classrooms and districts, and how individual district contexts shaped the development of those capacities. The interview and artifactual data used for this study were…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Doyle, Lynn H.; Huinker, DeAnn – 1999
The Urban Systemic Initiatives (USI) program is an effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that targets large urban school systems with the goal of sustainable implementation of high-quality, standards-based teaching for the purpose of attaining system-wide increases in students' learning of challenging mathematics and science.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Lofton, Glenda G.; And Others – 1991
This report presents the results of an initial, iterative performance standards-setting (SS) task of a comprehensive on-the-job statewide teacher assessment system--the System for Teaching and Learning Assessment and Review (STAR). The 1990-91 STAR assesses and makes inferences about the quality of teaching and learning on sets of assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Huinker, DeAnn; Coan, Cheryl; Mueller, Leah – 1999
The Urban Systemic Initiatives (USI) program is an effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that targets large urban school systems with the goal of sustainable implementation of high-quality, standards-based teaching for the purpose of attaining system-wide increases in students' learning of challenging mathematics and science.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Huinker, DeAnn; Pearson, Gretchen; Posnanski, Tracy; Coan, Cheryl; Porter, Corrie – 1998
The Urban Systemic Initiatives (USI) program is an effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that targets large urban school systems with the goal of sustainable implementation of high-quality, standards-based teaching for the purpose of attaining system-wide increases in students' learning of challenging mathematics and science.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
EFF Voice, 2001
This newsletter reports on the activities of Equipped for the Future (EFF), which is a National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) initiative that develops content standards to ensure that every adult can gain the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill real-world responsibilities as workers, parents, and citizens. A message from the NIFL…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Development
