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Pak, Katie; Desimone, Laura M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Under both No Child Left Behind and the Every Student Succeeds Act, school leaders have been mandated to employ data-driven decision-making (DDDM) to diagnose student needs, implement targeted supports, and design school improvements. However, district administrators tasked with developing principals' DDDM capacity face a tough road. The authors…
Descriptors: Principals, Decision Making, Capacity Building, Evidence Based Practice
Juniel, Pamela Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The identification and implementation of evidence-based practices by special education and general education teachers continues to be an issue in the field of education (Cook & Cook, 2011; Cook, Tankersley, Cook, & Landrum, 2008). Since the mandates of providing students with disabilities access to the general education curricula (IDEA,…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, School Districts, Professional Development, Special Education
Tanenbaum, Courtney; Boyle, Andrea; Soga, Kay; Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Golden, Laura; Petroccia, Megan; Toplitz, Michele; O'Day, Jennifer; Taylor, James – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2012
This appendix presents the data collection instruments used for the "National Evaluation of Title III Implementation: Report on State and Local Implementation" study. The purpose of this study is not to monitor Title III implementation, but to describe the implementation of Title III in states and school districts across the country. The…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Data Collection, Academic Achievement
McGuinn, Patrick – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
In a 2012 paper for the Center for American Progress, "The State of Evaluation Reform," Patrick McGuinn (Drew University) identified the opportunities and challenges facing education agencies in Race to the Top (RTTT) grant-winning states as they prepared for the implementation of new teacher evaluation systems. The 2012 study undertook…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Teacher Evaluation, Beginning Teachers, Program Implementation
Maleyko, Glenn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Spurred by the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001, virtually every educational reform program now includes an accountability component that requires sound data collection and reporting (NCLB, 2002, section 101). Drawing from empirically based and theoretical literature in the field, this dissertation examines Adequate Yearly Progress…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, School Effectiveness, Accountability
Means, Barbara; Padilla, Christine; DeBarger, Angela; Bakia, Marianne – US Department of Education, 2009
Implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation has been accompanied by demand for data systems capable of providing a longitudinal record of each student's educational experiences and performance over time. The national Study of Education Data Systems and Decision Making is examining both the implementation of student data systems…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Data Interpretation
Ahearn, Eileen – Project Forum, 2007
Supplemental educational services (SES) is a component of the omnibus Elementary and Secondary Education Act usually referred to as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. The law authorizes many programs besides SES, most notably Title I grants targeted to meet the needs of children in high poverty schools. As defined in the non-regulatory…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Disabilities
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Graczewski, Cheryl; Ruffin, Monya; Shambaugh, Larisa; Therriault, Susan Bowles – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
As a growing number of schools and districts are found to be underperforming under the requirements of NCLB, school and district administrators are increasingly searching for research-based whole school improvement programs, including comprehensive school reform (CSR) models and education service providers (ESPs), in order to create dramatic…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Improvement Programs, Educational Change, Administrators
Ewen, Danielle; Matthews, Hannah – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2007
This paper explores the range of ways in which school districts are using Title I funds for early education through kindergarten and examines how the implementation of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has impacted those investments. It also makes recommendations for local education agencies (LEAs) interested in creating Title I-funded early education…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Young Children