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Liou, Yi-Hwa; Moolenaar, Nienke M.; Daly, Alan J. – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2016
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) potentially shifts the way US schools approach teaching and learning. Research suggests that it is important to understand how educators view the CCSS and how they believe the CCSS may impact their practice. We developed and tested an instrument to investigate educator beliefs about the implementation of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Common Core State Standards, Program Implementation
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Lowman, J. Joneen – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
Professional development is a necessary component of maintaining competency in professional practice. Technology has opened the door to new formats for delivering professional development, in addition to more traditional modes of training. This study compared three professional development formats for improving the quality of standards-based…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Professional Development, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Legislation
Boser, Ulrich; Wilhelm, Megan; Hanna, Robert – Center for American Progress, 2014
People do better when more is expected of them. In education circles, this is called the Pygmalion Effect. It has been demonstrated in study after study, and the results can sometimes be quite significant. In one research project, for instance, teacher expectations of a pre-schooler's ability was a robust predictor of the child's high school GPA.…
Descriptors: Teacher Expectations of Students, Common Core State Standards, Educational Change, Resistance to Change