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Payne, J. Scott; San Pedro, Sweet Z.; Moore, Raeal; Sanchez, Edgar I. – ACT, Inc., 2020
High-stakes, standardized testing plays an important role in the lives of many students as they apply to college and compete for scholarships. In states where college readiness measures, like the ACT® test, are used for school and district accountability, the ACT scores of all students, whether college-bound or not, are a top priority for school…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Testing Programs, State Programs, School Districts
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Marsh, Julie A.; Kennedy, Kate – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Researchers have amassed considerable evidence on the use of student performance data (e.g., benchmark and standardized state tests) to inform educational improvement, but few have examined the use of nonacademic indicators (e.g., indicators of social and emotional well-being) available to educators, and whether the factors…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement, Well Being
Crane, Eric W.; Makkonen, Reino – WestEd, 2019
For several years, WestEd's Measure to Learn and Improve (MLI) project team has kept California state policy leaders informed about the statewide implementation of the California Academic Standards in English language arts and mathematics, by summarizing and disseminating results from the RAND Corporation's annual American Educator Panel (AEP)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Policy, Language Arts, Mathematics Instruction
Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 2006
This report summarizes some of AISD's parent and community involvement activities for the 2004-2005 school year.
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Community Involvement, School Districts, Family School Relationship