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Download full textGoatley, Virginia J.; Hinchman, Kathleen A. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2013
This article argues that literacy educators must take time to advocate for research-informed instructional responses in this age of Common Core State Standards and Race to the Top mandates. To that end, it offers four key ideas regarding: (a) what we know about instruction, (b) the need for long-term, continuously revised planning, (c) literacy in…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Educational Policy, Reading Research, Theory Practice Relationship
Direct linkLytle, James H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
A consensus is emerging about how school leaders affect school performance, and how important principals are to improved student learning. Yet the national reform policies--No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top (RTT)--incorporate assumptions about school and district leadership that are very much at odds with this research. NCLB and RTT call…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Edmund W. Gordon; Michael V. McGill; Deanna Iceman Sands; Kelley M. Kalinich; James W. Pellegrino; Madhabi Chatterji – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present alternative views on the theory and practice of "formative assessment" (FA), or assessment to support teaching and learning in classrooms, with the purpose of highlighting its value in education and informing discussions on educational assessment policy. Methodology/approach: The method…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, School Districts, Educational Policy
Good, Thomas L. – Elementary School Journal, 2011
This article reflects on my 28-year tenure editing "The Elementary School Journal" ("ESJ"). During my tenure as editor, the educational system was in constant reform, from a Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind. Considerable evidence suggests that these various reforms, which consumed vast resources, were not successful in…
Descriptors: Evidence, School Restructuring, Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests
Carr, Paul R.; Porfilio, Brad J. – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2011
The contributors to this special issue of "The Journal of Inquiry and Action" provide insight into why the Obama administration's educational policies manifest the dominance of neoliberal ideology over most elements of social life. The articles presented in this issue build on the work originally presented in "The Phenomenon of…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Educational Change, Resistance to Change, Educational Policy
