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Direct linkThomas R. Guskey, Editor; Cassandra Erkens, Contributor; Katie White, Contributor; Mandy Stalets, Contributor; Garnet Hillman, Contributor; Tim Brown, Contributor; Tom Hierck, Contributor; Tom Schimmer, Contributor; Sharon V. Kramer, Contributor; Sarah Schuhl, Contributor; Anthony R. Reibel, Contributor; Joellen Killion, Contributor – Solution Tree, 2025
In "The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition," editor Thomas R. Guskey and expert contributors offer research-backed strategies for re-envisioning assessment to enhance student learning and teacher instruction. The authors provide actionable steps, practical examples, and strategies for utilizing formative assessments. These…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Formative Evaluation, Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice
Rosemary Vellar; Boris Handal; Sean Kearney; Chris Forlin – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
Evidence based decision making is essential for enabling improved student learning. Teacher motivations and beliefs about the types and use of data are critical determinants of decision making. Our research explored the types of data teachers use and consider valuable when measuring improvement in student learning. Findings from 294 teachers from…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Analytics, Student Needs
Yoshizawa, Lauren – American Educational Research Journal, 2022
The Every Student Succeeds Act builds on prior efforts to bridge the gap between research and practice through the imposition of evidence requirements. This article presents findings from a small-scale micro-process study of three districts in one state during their first year of implementing those requirements. Informed by past conceptualizations…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, School Districts, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Download full textBooker, Laura Neergaard; Russell, Jennifer Lin – EdResearch for Recovery Project, 2022
This brief is one in a series aimed at providing K-12 education decision-makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students during and following the novel coronavirus pandemic. It offers design principles to improve practice with instructional coaching based on a review of research. Links to research…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Instructional Improvement, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Alex J. Bowers – Grantee Submission, 2021
Educators globally are continually encouraged to use data to inform instructional improvement in schools, yet while there have been many recent innovations in data visualization and data science, educators are rarely included in dashboard co-design. On December 5 and 6, 2019, the Education Data Analytics Collaborative Workshop was held at Teachers…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Evidence Based Practice, Data Use, Decision Making
Yunzheng Zheng; Jianping Shen; Patricia Reeves – Journal of Educational Administration, 2024
Purpose: In this manuscript, we aimed to (1) illustrate the differences in school-university partnership under the school reform and renewal models and (2) describe the practice of and learning about school-university partnership by reflecting on the three large, federally funded projects, all conducted under the school renewal model.…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Universities, Partnerships in Education, Archives
Rista C. Plate; Heather N. Schwartz; Gabrielle Meyers; Alexandra Skoog-Hoffman – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2025
Educators--and all adults in the school--are critical for fostering students' self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Educators can teach and model SEL in lessons; for example, promoting critical thinking in a math lesson and encouraging students to engage with challenging content.…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Metacognition, Self Management, Interpersonal Relationship
Elizabeth L. Leone – New England College Journal of Applied Educational Research, 2025
Multilingual learners (MLL) are a large and growing group of disadvantaged students in the United States public education system who come from refugee and immigrant backgrounds and require linguistic instruction, in addition to content instruction. MLLs are entitled to language instruction, and school districts receive additional funding for these…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Instructional Materials
Bostic, Jonathan D.; Vostal, Brooks; Folger, Timothy – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM 2014) takes a clear stance that each and every student should have rich experiences in mathematics classrooms. In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act noted that Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an evidence-based, scientifically valid framework that fosters access to instruction for all…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Maryland State Department of Education, 2023
The Maryland State Board of Education and Maryland State Department of Education are developing a multiyear Strategic Plan that will be released in three phases leading up to June 2023. The Strategic Plan will anchor the vision, mission, values, priorities, enablers, goals, and flagship programs, initiatives, and strategies to realize the…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, State Departments of Education, Strategic Planning, Educational Planning
Dexter, Sara; Francisco, Aubrey; Luke Luna, Christina – Journal of Educational Administration, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to better understand K-12 district leaders' reasoning and processes for selecting and deploying EdTech instructional products, including which, if any, types of data are used to support decision-making. Design/methodology/approach: This multisite case study of educational technology (EdTech) decision-making…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Decision Making, Selection, Purchasing
Sullivan Robinson, Rachel; Kunnuji, Michael; Shawar, Yusra Ribhi; Shiffman, Jeremy – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
In 2011, the US state of Mississippi mandated its school districts to adopt a sexuality education curriculum. Approximately half of districts chose a more comprehensive abstinence-plus curriculum over an abstinence-only curriculum. To understand this outcome, we conducted a logistic regression analysis of school district curriculum choice among…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education
Stephen MacGregor; Joel R. Malin; Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple – Peabody Journal of Education, 2022
Education policy continues to press for increased use of research evidence in decision-making, yet decades of research point to weak links between research and practice. We see evidence-informed improvement not as a problem with schools, but with a larger evidence-use ecosystem. As a step toward building and strengthening multidirectional paths…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Systems Approach, Research and Development
Peer reviewedAnn A. O'Connell; Marsha S. Lewis; Natasha K. Bowen; Tracey Stuckey; Ani Ruhil; Krisann Stephany – Grantee Submission, 2024
The purpose of this study was to describe challenges identified by participants from three cohorts in a methods training workshop meant to strengthen evidence-based intervention knowledge and practice. Since passage of the "Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA), educational leaders and decision-makers have been charged with ensuring that…
Descriptors: Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, Educational Legislation
Ying-Ruey Chuang – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The current study aimed to increase the efficacy of the implementation of a large-scale school-based mental health service model in a public school district in collaboration with a university-led community mental health coalition. Specifically, the study evaluated the effectiveness of a web-based social intervention targeted for teachers designed…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Mental Health, Teacher Attitudes, Social Influences
