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Direct linkGood, Thomas L.; Lavigne, Alyson L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Gargani and Strong claim to have developed and validated an observation system that requires only 4 hr of training, but one that can identify effective teachers using just 20 min of one video-taped lesson. They further contend that their six-item inventory requires little judgment from those who use it. They describe their instrument, the Rapid…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Video Technology, Observation
Download full textDarling-Hammond, Linda; Hill, Paul T. – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2015
In summer of 2014, two groups of scholars and policy experts met separately to rethink educational accountability. These groups came from what most would consider different "camps" on school reform--one focused on transforming teaching for "deeper learning" and the other focused on choice as a means for leveraging school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Briggs, Derek C.; Diaz-Bilello, Elena; Peck, Fred; Alzen, Jessica; Chattergoon, Rajendra; Johnson, Raymond – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2015
This report describes the use of a Learning Progression Framework (LPF) to support the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) process. The report highlights a few common threats we currently see in the SLO process implemented at various states and districts, and offers the LPF as a possible solution for addressing these threats. This report was…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Objectives, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students
Data Quality Campaign, 2015
If our destination is improved student achievement, we cannot get there without valuing and effectively using data in education. Central to reaching this goal is building trust among all those who have a stake in education that individual student data, such as attendance, course taking, grades, and test scores, are being collected for meaningful…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, State Departments of Education
Whitesell, Emilyn Ruble – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
School accountability systems are a popular approach to improving education outcomes in the United States. These systems intend to "hold schools accountable" by assessing school performance on specific metrics, publishing accountability reports, and some combination of rewarding and sanctioning schools based on performance. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Grades (Scholastic), Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Brookhart, Susan M. – ASCD, 2015
In this book, best-selling author Susan M. Brookhart helps teachers and administrators understand the critical elements and nuances of assessment data and how that information can best be used to inform improvement efforts in the school or district. Readers will learn: (1) What different kinds of data can--and cannot--tell us about student…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Student Evaluation, Data Analysis
Obi, Sunday – Advances in Special Education, 2015
Education is primary a state and local responsibility in the United States. It is states and communities, as well as public and private organizations of all kinds, that establish schools and colleges, develop curricula, and determine requirements for enrollment and graduation. The appropriate roles for state in the education of all children…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Agency Role, State Government, State Standards
Reform Support Network, 2015
This brief outlines strategies States and districts can use to address the issue of inequitable access to effective teachers. The Reform Support Network (RSN) identified these strategies during a December 2013 convening of experts from education organizations, research centers on labor economics, corporate human resource departments, the military…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Equal Education, Access to Education, Teacher Placement
Betty A. Rosa, Contributor; Jeffrey Matteson, Contributor; Jason Harmon, Contributor; William Murphy, Contributor; Angelique Johnson-Dingle, Contributor; Ceylane Meyers-Ruff, Contributor; Michael Mastroianni, Contributor; David Hamilton, Contributor; Daniel Morton-Bentley, Contributor; Christina Coughlin, Contributor; Jennifer Trowbridge, Contributor; Lauren Moore, Contributor; J. P. O’Hare, Contributor; Laura Glass, Contributor; Anne Fiscarelli, Contributor; David Frank, Contributor; Michael St. John, Contributor – New York State Education Department, 2025
The New York State Education Department's Annual Report contains contributions from various program offices discussing initiatives for the 2024-2025 school year: (1) Advancing Equity and Excellence: A Transformative Year for the Office of Education Policy; (2) Elevating Equity and Excellence: A Year of Progress and Promise in Instructional…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Departments, State Programs, Educational Policy
Lastrapes, Renée E.; Mooney, Paul – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2019
This study examined the viability of the Sentence Verification Technique (SVT; Royer, Hastings, & Hook, 1979) assessment tool as a curriculum-based measure of science content learning. Its perceived compatibility with statewide accountability test expectations made SVT a candidate for use in content-focused response to intervention frameworks.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Districts, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Bililign, Solomon – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
Increasing diversity in the geosciences has remained a challenge, despite large investments made by federal agencies in minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and historically black universities and colleges (HBCUs). With increasing challenges associated with climate and environmental change and severe and frequent natural disasters that…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Science Education, College Science, Earth Science
Lee, Jaekyung; Kang, Chungseo – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2019
This study challenges prior evidence on the impact of Korea's high-stakes school accountability policy as a tool to improve overall achievement and close achievement gaps. Applying difference-in-differences method, the study compares Korean high school students' reading and math test score trends before and after the policy based on the National…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Accountability, Educational Policy, High Stakes Tests
Blackberry, Gina; Kearney, Judith; Glen, Matthew – Educational Action Research, 2019
In contemporary educational settings, school leaders and teachers face increased accountability and pressure to raise student performance. Utilising professional learning to develop individual and collective capability is a common feature of these settings. In Australia, there is evidence that many schools have implemented action research to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Projects, Faculty Development, Performance Based Assessment
Paveling, Barry; Vidovich, Lesley; Oakley, Grace – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
This paper discusses the findings of a study on the production and enactment of physical education (PE) curriculum policy reforms in an Australian context. Over a decade, significant senior school reforms in Western Australia (WA) interacted with the introduction of an Australian Curriculum that rendered curriculum development dynamic and complex.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Fishman, Rachel; Nguyen, Sophie; Acosta, Alejandra; Clark, Ashley – New America, 2019
Americans' opinions about higher education are complex. Understanding this complexity is important for learning how to talk about the value of educational pathways after high school and crafting thoughtful policy solutions to meet the needs of today's students. This is the reason we engage Americans every year, asking questions other surveys do…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attitudes, Public Opinion, Educational Policy
