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Politics of Education and Teachers' Support for High-Stakes Teacher Accountability Policies
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Pizmony-Levy, Oren; Woolsey, Ashley – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
Although educators are at the center of contentious high-stakes teacher accountability policies, we know very little about their attitudes toward these policies. This research gap is unfortunate because teachers are considered key actors in successful implementation of educational reforms. To what extent do the politics that accompany the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability
The Principal Evaluation Process and Its Relationship to Student Achievement
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McMahon, Marcia; Peters, Michelle L.; Schumacher, Gary – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2014
This mixed methods study examined the relationship between school districts' principal evaluation practices and their impact on student achievement in mathematics and reading. School achievement data were collected from a sample of 41 campuses representing 27 Texas school districts. Data were also solicited from a convenience sample of campus…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Correlation
The Systemic Impact of the Implementation of the Response to Intervention Model in Elementary Schools
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Cronin, Annette R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The intention of this study was to examine three factors regarding the implementation of the Response to Intervention (RtI) model. First, the study discovered what professional development opportunities were afforded to administrators and certified faculty to support the implementation of the RtI model within schools that make AYP and those that…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Professional Development, Faculty Development
Accommodations Manual: How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate Use of Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment of Students with Disabilities. Third Edition
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Christensen, L.; Carver, W.; VanDeZande, J.; Lazarus, S. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2011
The Council of Chief State School Officers' "Accommodations Manual: How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate the Use of Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment of Students with Disabilities" was first developed to establish guidelines for states to use for the selection, administration, and evaluation of accommodations for…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Guides, Program Development
Performance Reporting: "Real" Accountability or Accountability "Lite." Seventh Annual Survey, 2003.
Burke, Joseph C.; Minassians, Henrik – 2003
The seventh annual Survey of State Higher Education Finance Officers (SHEFOs) shows the continuing triumph of performance reporting and the continuing trials of performance budgeting and funding in higher education. Responses from SHEFOs from all 50 states show that performance reporting, which now is used in all but 4 states, is by far the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, Educational Finance, Higher Education
State Oversight of Commercial Driver-Training Schools in Virginia. House Document No. 5. Report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia.
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Virginia State General Assembly, Richmond. Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. – 1998
In 1998, Virginia's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) was directed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle's (DMV's) oversight of commercial driver training schools (CDTS) in Virginia. The evaluation included the following research activities: mail surveys of DMV CDTS oversight staff and CDTS…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Comparative Analysis, Driver Education