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Rice, Jennifer King; Malen, Betty; Jackson, Cara; Hoyer, Kathleen Mulvaney – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2015
The effectiveness of educator incentive programs rests on the assumption that the potential rewards for participants will motivate them to behave in certain ways (e.g., choose certain jobs, expend greater effort, engage in capacity-building professional development). Some researchers have examined the impact of financial incentives on teacher…
Descriptors: Incentive Grants, Rewards, Teacher Motivation, Mixed Methods Research
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Confrey, Jere – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2006
This article summarizes the findings of the National Research Council (NRC) report "On Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness" and examines the reviews in middle grades mathematics undertaken by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC). The NRC report reviewed and assessed 147 key evaluations of 13 National Science Foundation-supported K-12 mathematics…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Quasiexperimental Design, Content Analysis
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Borko, Hilda; Wolf, Shelby A.; Simone, Genet; Uchiyama, Kay Pippin – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2003
This article features case studies of two elementary schools, identified as exemplary by Washington educators, as they worked to enact Washington's Essential Academic Learning Requirements and help students achieve proficiency on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. We describe school- and classroom-level practices and analyze the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers