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David R. Garcia – National Education Policy Center, 2025
A recent Common Sense Institute report addresses two important policy questions about Arizona's ESA program. First, how much will the ESA program cost in the upcoming year? Second, what are the characteristics of ESA users by household income and race/ethnicity? The report concludes that the ESA program is "essentially fully subscribed,"…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Research Reports, Review (Reexamination), State Programs
Koedel, Cory; Li, Jiaxi; Springer, Matthew G.; Tan, Li – American Educational Research Journal, 2017
Spurred by the federal Race to the Top competition, the state of Tennessee implemented a comprehensive statewide educator evaluation system in 2011. The new system is designed to increase the rigor of evaluations and better differentiate teachers based on performance. The use of more differentiated ratings represents a significant shift in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Public School Teachers, Job Satisfaction, State Programs
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Xu, Xianxuan; Grant, Leslie W.; Ward, Thomas J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2016
This study examines the validity of a statewide teacher evaluation system in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Three hundred and thirty-eight teachers from 16 at-risk schools located in eight school districts participated in an evaluation system pilot during the 2011-2012 academic year. Teachers received ratings on six teacher effectiveness process…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Validity, State Programs, Scores
Markovitz, Carrie E.; Hernandez, Marc W.; Hedberg, Eric C.; Silberglitt, Benjamin – Corporation for National and Community Service, 2015
Minnesota Reading Corps is the largest AmeriCorps State program in the country. Its mission is to help every Minnesota child become a proficient reader by the end of third grade. To meet this goal, the Minnesota Reading Corps and its host organization, ServeMinnesota Action Network, engages a diverse group of AmeriCorps members to provide…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Reading Programs, State Programs, Preschool Education
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2009
Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (2002), there has been increased interest in using student achievement data (through standardized tests) to evaluate teacher effectiveness. Two U.S. Department of Education secretaries, Secretary Spellings and Secretary Duncan, have expressed interest in growth models and the need to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Research, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation
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Stoneberg, Bert D. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2007
The U.S. Department of Education has not yet published an official guidance document for using NAEP achievement level scores to confirm state testing results. A review of the literature, however, identified four principles that inform the valid use of NAEP scores in a confirming analysis. The principles address the appropriate NAEP statistics to…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education