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Download full textNational Council on Economic Education (NJ1), 2007
This is the fifth survey since 1998 on the state of economic and personal finance education in the fifty states conducted by National Council on Economic Education (NCEE). A leader in promoting economic and personal finance education, NCEE conducts these surveys to gauge how the state standards, their implementation, course requirements, and state…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Economics Education, State Standards, Testing
Direct linkCopeland, Susan R., Ed.; Keefe, Elizabeth B., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2007
For students with moderate or severe disabilities, developing literacy skills is a critical component of successful communication, employment, and community participation. Finally, educators have a practical, concise guidebook for helping these students meet NCLB's academic standards for literacy. Appropriate for use in all settings, including…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Phonemes, Teaching Methods, Multiple Disabilities
Idaho State Department of Education, 2007
This guide for testing coordinators includes information regarding: (1) Idaho statewide testing (both state and federal requirements); (2) testing dates; (3) Idaho Reading indicator (IRI); (4) Direct Mathematics Assessment (DMA); (5) Direct Writing Assessment (DEA); (6) Idaho Alternative Assessment (IAA); (7) Idaho Standards Achievement Test…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Testing Programs, Alternative Assessment, National Competency Tests
Peer reviewedStewart, Vivien – Educational Leadership, 2007
The globalization of economies, the digitization of work, pressing health and security issues, and changing demographics have dramatically changed our world. Unlike previous generations, U.S. high school graduates will routinely buy from the world, sell to the world, work for international companies, manage employees from other cultures and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, International Studies, Immersion Programs, Graduation Rate
Rothman, David J. – Academic Questions, 2007
A report from the National Endowment for the Arts, among much other such research, reveals that literacy is in serious decline in America. Ramifications of this decline extend beyond English and language departments to affect all other disciplines, ultimately raising the question of how a democracy can function when its citizens abandon the…
Descriptors: Literacy, Crisis Management, Politics of Education, Role of Education
Moss, Pamela A.; Piety, Philip J.; Gamson, David; Spillane, James P.; Miele, David B.; Knapp, Michael S.; Copland, Michael A.; Swinnerton, Juli A.; Ikemoto, Gina Schuyler; Marsh, Julie A.; Firestone, William A.; Gonzalez, Raymond A.; Resnick, Lauren; Besterfield-Sacre, Mary; Mehalik, Matthew; Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Halverson, Erica; Erickson, Frederick; Little, Judith Warren; Diamond, John B.; Cooper, Kristy; Hickey, Daniel T.; Anderson, Kate T.; Gitomer, Drew H.; Duschl, Richard A.; Carr, Peggy; Dogan, Enis; Tirre, William; Walton, Ebony; Thorn, Christopher; Meyer, Robert H.; Gamoran, Adam; Gee, James Paul; Phillips, Denis C. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2007
Much of the methodological literature currently influential in the education policy community has focused on research studies and assessments intended to support generalizable conclusions about "what works" or what students "know and can do." Until recently, far less attention has been paid to how educators actually interpret and use this…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Yearbooks, Decision Making
Winters, Kirk; Kickbush, Peter, Ed. – 1995
The Goals 2000: Educate America Act offers educators the opportunity to develop a plan for moving all students toward higher levels of learning and to create a broad partnership for activating that plan. This publication describes how teachers can participate in developing a school plan that is consistent with the Goals 2000 legislation. Teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Graves, Anne; And Others – 1992
This list of competencies was designed to guide the preparation of teachers of students with learning disabilities. It is based upon a conceptual model known as "the cube" which is divided into 10 broad areas: (1) nature and needs of students with learning disabilities; (2) academic support areas: study skills, consumer skills, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Bracey, Gerald W. – 1994
This book argues that schools are doing a better job than is commonly portrayed by the media and various commission reports. However, it cautions that schools must move beyond incremental improvements. One need not assume school failure to propose school reform. Chapter 1 examines limitations of the research that has portrayed a national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Brown, Antoinette B.; And Others – 1995
Maryland's Challenge Grant Program was designed to bring systemic change to schools with relatively low performance levels. This paper presents findings of an ethnographic study that examined the workings of an educational reform effort across several levels of administration. Specifically, the study explored conditions that facilitated and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Objectives
Nelson, Murry R., Ed. – 1994
This document contains a reprint of the 1916 "The Social Studies in Secondary Education: A Six-Year Program Adapted Both to the 6-3-3 and the 8-4 Plans of Organization and Report of the Committee on Social Studies of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education of the National Education Association" widely believed to be the most…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Corbett, H. Dickson; Wilson, Bruce L. – 1989
A Carnegie Foundation survey, conducted in 1988, found that teachers were critical of the education reform movement in general and standardized statewide testing in particular. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the impact of state-mandated testing programs on the work lives of teachers and students. It compares two states'…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Performance
Marzano, Robert J.; Kendall, John S. – 1996
Over the last several years, state boards of education have become increasingly engaged in the development of content and performance standards and the assessments that will accompany them. This guidebook provides information on the move toward standards-based education. Part 1 provides a brief historical overview that places the standards…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Schmoker, Mike – 1996
This book argues that all school efforts should be focused on results. It elaborates on the simple conditions that favor results, briefly discusses the theory behind the conditions, and demonstrates, using examples from schools, how other schools can begin to successfully replicate the conditions. Following the introduction, chapters 1-3 describe…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Lumsden, Linda – 1997
Not all schools and teachers maintain uniformly high expectations for all students. Evidence suggests that schools can improve student learning by encouraging teachers and students to set their sights high. This digest synthesizes recent research about teachers' expectations and the ways in which teachers' expectations affect student performance;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance
