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Plucker, Jonathan A.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Magaro, Marshall M.; Chien, Rosanne W.; Zapf, Jason – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2007
This Education Policy Brief examines the research regarding the efforts occurring in the United States to consolidate school corporations or form cooperative agreements for shared services. The brief also examines those policy levers which are contributing to the elevated discussion concerning consolidation and shared services in Indiana. Based…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Shared Resources and Services, Policy Analysis, Meta Analysis
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Zapf, Jason S.; McNabb, Sarah A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2005
Do teachers' salaries reflect their ability to teach effectively? This is an important question given that teacher salaries account for approximately 37 percent of total education expenditures across the United States. Furthermore, the objectives of the "No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)" for increased student achievement and the presence…
Descriptors: Occupational Mobility, Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Teacher Effectiveness
Cline, Kyle P.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2005
Childhood and adolescent obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions in the United States and are growing. The sedentary routines found in schools and in the home as well as the overexposure to unhealthy snacks and nonnutritional foods contribute to the pervasiveness of this disease that afflicts America's children. Obese children face…
Descriptors: Obesity, Children, Adolescents, Health
Stanley, Kylie R.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
In May 2008, the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) issued the Education Policy Brief, "Calculating High School Graduation Rates," which discussed the importance of accurate and reliable high school graduation data, various graduation rate calculation methods, the history behind the use of particular methodologies, and…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Intervention, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention