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Cowan, James; Goldhaber, Dan; Theobald, Roddy – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
We use statewide data from Massachusetts to investigate teacher performance evaluations as a measure of teaching effectiveness. Schools tend to classify most of their teachers as proficient, but we document substantial variation across schools in the extent to which ratings differentiate teachers. Using event study and teacher fixed effects…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Curriculum Implementation, Standards
Amy Stornaiuolo; Laura Desimone; Morgan Polikoff – American Educational Research Journal, 2023
This study examines implementation of college-and-career-ready (CCR) education standards across five school districts in Ohio, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. Drawing on the policy attributes theory, we found that the specificity of districts' approaches to two long-recognized policy levers, curriculum and professional…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Academic Standards, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Jennifer Ballen Riccards; Amanda Trainor; Ben Skillman – RMC Research Corporation, 2024
Massachusetts' Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) undertook improvements in arts standards following the publication of the National Core Arts Standards and adopted revised standards, the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Framework (the Framework) in 2019. In spring 2023, DESE contracted with RMC Research to conduct a third party,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Curriculum, Alignment (Education)