Descriptor
Source
Author
| Bales, Barbara L. | 1 |
| Hanushek, Eric A. | 1 |
| McGinn, Noel F. | 1 |
| Mitchell, Melissa, Ed. | 1 |
| Raymond, Margaret E. | 1 |
| Welsh, Thomas | 1 |
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 6 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Individuals with Disabilities… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textBales, Barbara L. – 2003
This paper attempts to conceptualize, sort, and analyze national and state policies that have affected teacher education programs during the last 30 years. If teacher recruitment, preparation, licensing, and professional development are situated at the ropes center, then who is winning the tug-of-war over teacher education policy making. The paper…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Policy, Federal Regulation, Federal State Relationship
Welsh, Thomas; McGinn, Noel F. – 1999
Decentralization is arguably one of the most important phenomena to come on to the educational planning agenda in the last 15 years. Why a country should decentralize its educational decision-making process and which decisions should be decentralized are two questions that many decision-makers raise. This booklet is intended to provide educational…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Hanushek, Eric A.; Raymond, Margaret E. – 2002
Test-based accountability systems are now a central feature of U.S. education policy. Accountability systems are implemented as a way of improving student outcomes through new, highly visible incentives. This paper characterizes the incentives of different state accountability systems and reviews the existing evidence about outcomes. The question…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Objectives
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1997
Many states give individual schools the authority to make decisions in response to local conditions while still meeting state and district goals. Providing flexibility to local decision-makers is also a potential means for improving student achievement. This report provides a snapshot of several states' recent experiences with flexibility and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decentralization, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Mitchell, Melissa, Ed. – 1997
This policy brief reviews relationships between state special education funding formulas and placements in which children with disabilities are served, specifically compliance with mandates for a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) and placement in the least restrictive environment (LRE). Data analyzed were for the school year 1992-93.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1997
During the 1995-96 year, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) Clearinghouse issued almost three dozen "Clearinghouse Notes" on a wide array of education issues. The notes, which are usually one to two pages long, show at a glance state legislation passed or pending on specific education issues. This packet contains the complete…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Charter Schools, Discipline Policy
