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Direct linkHetler, Angela Dawn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative case study examines teachers' perspectives on testing accommodations for Limited English Proficient (LEP) students taking Indiana's Graduation Qualifying Exam (GQE). The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) states that the purpose of testing accommodations is to "level the playing field" between LEP students and their…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Testing, Graduation, High Stakes Tests
Download full textHawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1979
The purpose of this handbook is to provide assistance to kindergarten through grade two classroom teachers in assessing student needs and implementing strategies to increase student achievement and mastery of the basic skills in the language arts. The first part of the handbook presents the underlying considerations in determining appropriate…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Diagnosis, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedLawrence, Salika A. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2007
Literacy assessments are transforming the contexts of secondary instruction. This article reports how literacy assessments are shaping the instructional choices of nine English Language Arts teachers who work in three different states in northeastern United States--New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Through interviews, the teachers reported…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Test Preparation, State Programs, Literacy
Dutro, Elizabeth; Fisk, Maria Chesley; Koch, Richard; Roop, Laura J.; Wixson, Karen – 2002
This study focuses on how a statewide reform initiative, when envisioned as a professional development opportunity, affected teachers' capacities to become change-agents in their classrooms and districts, and how individual district contexts shaped the development of those capacities. The interview and artifactual data used for this study were…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Hess, Karin K. – 1990
The New Jersey State Department of Education administers a Gifted Education Exemplary and Demonstration Grant Program in which successful applicants are awarded grant funds to enable them to prepare materials for dissemination to teachers of the gifted statewide. This document presents profiles of the 35 programs selected for 1987-88, 1988-89, and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Sheldon, William D. – 1969
State Supervisors should use their influence to develop the English and reading programs in their states. They can improve the quality of instruction by (1) insuring the competency of reading teachers and specialists in their schools by requiring a minimum number of essential courses for beginning teachers and reading specialists; (2) developing…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, English Curriculum, Information Dissemination, Instructional Materials
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Arkansas Commission on Microcomputer Instruction. – 1984
This document provides guidelines for the preparation of school district plans for implementation of the microcomputer instructional programs recommended for Arkansas schools. Introductory materials include suggestions for school administration leadership activities in a microcomputer utilization plan, a message to the superintendent, and six…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Education
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1966
Intended for all persons concerned with differentiated education for talented elementary and secondary school students, the bibliography annotates 275 items (dating from 1956 to 1965 and including audio and video books, tapes, films, and filmstrips) in three groups. The first group includes materials on classroom practices, which are classified by…
Descriptors: Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Arithmetic, Curriculum
Price, LaVeta Higgs, Ed.; Choate, Joyce, S., Ed. – 1982
The document contains reports, resources, illustrations, questionnaires, activities, and guidelines for teachers of gifted students. Materials are divided into 14 sections: (1) general information on gifted children, teachers of gifted/talented children, administrators, parents of gifted/talented, and sources of information; (2) national…
Descriptors: Art, Career Education, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Center for Professional Development. – 1991
In April 1991, members of the Kentucky Educational Research Association (KERA), held a conference to discuss performance assessment and its use in Kentucky schools. The following papers from the conference are included: (1) "Our Conference and the Performance Assessment Committee" (S. Kifer); (2) "Performance Assessment: A National…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Conference Papers, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
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This manual is designed as a training tool for individuals who are implementing tech prep in Indiana. It is divided into three major divisions. Division I contains general information about tech prep and issues related to its implementation. Its nine chapters summarize relevant legislation, address leadership concerns, explain curriculum…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Competency Based Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Lick, Dale W.; Murphy, Carlene U. – Corwin Press, 2006
The Whole-Faculty Study Group (WFSG) System is a student-centered, teacher-driven process for facilitating major staff development and schoolwide change. When applied properly, it has produced extraordinary results for thousands of educators and students in schools and school districts across the country. The Whole-Faculty Study Groups Fieldbook…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Strategies, School Restructuring
Leopold, Joan Y.; Anstine, Carolyn G.; Greene, Margaret P. – 1983
A project was undertaken to develop a realistic survival skills curriculum in language arts for adult basic education (ABE) students that could be used with predischarge residents in institutions for mentally ill individuals in Pennsylvania. After identifying 28 predischarge residents at the Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
