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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
Weiss, Joanne; McGuinn, Patrick – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), federal education mandates will be decreasing, which means states will have more flexibility and authority than they've had in decades. State education agency (SEA) leaders are confronting great change and great opportunity as many agencies move away from a focus on compliance with federal regulations,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, State Agencies, Government Role
Gratz, Donald B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
When proposing performance pay for teachers, reformers first must answer three questions: What is the definition of teacher performance? What is the definition of student performance? and What are the goals of schooling? Reformers also need to examine the assumptions that guide their proposals and prepare to deal with the implementation issues…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Academic Achievement, Merit Pay, Job Performance
McColskey, Wendy; McMunn, Nancy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Short-term fixes may boost test scores without improving learning. Schools focused on higher standards and instructional reform should reorganize and condense state, district, and national standards; adopt a "less is more" approach; support collaborative improvement efforts; and link assessment to a high-quality learning environment.…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Program Implementation
Nussel, Edward J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Criticizes the Holmes Group Report for the incompleteness of its recommendations in the following areas: (1) redesigning the undergraduate liberal arts curriculum, (2) eliminating undergraduate field experience, and (3) endorsing the concept of a differentiated staff composed of instructors, professional teachers, and career professionals.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Problems
Mehlinger, Howard D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Criticizes, for programmatic and political reasons, two main recommendations of the Holmes Group report: (1) to transfer professional studies from the undergraduate level to the graduate level and (2) to deny undergraduate students the opportunity to major in education. Gives reasons why the Holmes proposals would not work in Indiana. (IW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Imig, David G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Describes and praises ways in which the Holmes Group report, committed to redesigning the education of teachers, goes beyond prior movements to reform teacher education. Urges the active cooperation of universities, granting agencies, politicians, faculties, teachers, and others in supporting and accomplishing the required changes. (IW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education