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Grable, Charles R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Response to Intervention (RTI) is defined by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) as the practice of providing high-quality instruction and intervention matched to student needs and using learning rate over time and level of performance to make important educational decisions (2007). Both IDEA 2004 and the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Response to Intervention, Elementary School Students, Reading Tests
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Preuss, Michael; Sosa, Eric; Rodin, Jason; Ramos, Jorje; Dorsett, Christine; Burleson, Chenoa – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2019
Best practice in the field of communication, especially intercultural communication, emphasizes seeking to understand and enter your interlocutor's perspective. This practice would seem directly applicable to college faculty and staff when they interact with students, especially given the cultural and ethnic diversity in college student…
Descriptors: Competence, Hispanic American Culture, Hispanic American Students, Administrator Attitudes
Ferrara, Angela M.; Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2015
Based on the recommendations of the K-3 Assessment Think Tank, an assessment design team consisting of current and former educators and early childhood education scholars developed a kindergarten entry formative assessment (KEA) which was piloted in 193 classrooms during the first 60 instructional days of the 2014-2015 academic year. North…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Formative Evaluation, Pilot Projects
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Jan Lacina – English Journal, 2014
With challenges of poverty as well as the pressure of high-stakes testing for children in poverty, school districts need to devote the resources necessary for ensuring teachers receive opportunities for ongoing, meaningful professional development. This article shares lessons important for all teachers--novice to expert--to consider as they…
Descriptors: Poverty, High Stakes Tests, Low Income Students, Faculty Development
Auspos, Patricia – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2017
Across the country, collaborative efforts are bringing together a variety of organizations that work with school-age children and youth, including out-of-school time programs and nonprofit service agencies, to improve educational outcomes in their communities. However, linking activities to outcomes can be a particular problem for nonprofit…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Attendance, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement
Villanueva, Chandra – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2017
Roughly defined as grades four through eight, the middle grades are a known pressure point in the educational pipeline -- a make or break period for determining future academic success. Research has shown that students who are not proficient in reading by the beginning of fourth grade are four times more likely to drop out of school. Similarly,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Pilot Projects
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2017
This is one of nine case studies that examine and document districts' uses, applications, and perceptions of the Future Ready Schools (FRS) professional learning resources in their efforts to become Future Ready. Topeka Public Schools is located in northeast Kansas and serves students in grades Prekindergarten through 12. The student population is…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Technology Integration, Secondary Schools
Children Now, 2022
Young people across California are leading the way forward socially, culturally, and politically. They are organizing for racial justice, learning and working and caring for family members during a pandemic, and voting in record numbers. The past two years with the COVID-19 pandemic has been hardest on kids, particularly children of color, in…
Descriptors: Well Being, Child Health, Health Insurance, Accountability
National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, 2020
The purpose of the National AEM Center's Quality Indicators with Critical Components for Higher Education is to assist institutes of higher education, both at the system and campus level, with planning, implementing, and evaluating dynamic, coordinated systems for providing accessible materials and technologies for all students who need them. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Quality
Ross, Michaela; Kiernan, Reilly; Murphy, Devin; Bielak, Debby – Bridgespan Group, 2016
This document is part of a Bridgespan Group research project that focused on the question: "How could a philanthropist make the biggest improvement on social mobility with an investment of $1 billion?" In answering this question, the authors have sought to understand "what matters most" for improving social mobility outcomes.…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Economic Opportunities, Investment, Social Services
Moore, Melissa Sue – ProQuest LLC, 2014
School district superintendents and boards of education in the twenty-first century are facing unprecedented pressure to improve student achievement results. In order to compete, superintendents and boards of education must share the role of solution seeker to meet the challenge of increasing achievement for all students. This study sought to…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Board Administrator Relationship, School Districts, Instructional Improvement
Ken-Zen Chen – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This case study provides an account of one practical aspect of a 3-year-long learning analytics project, allowing readers to see how a researcher spread the idea of using learner data to improve the scholarship of teaching and learning in the course of research. The case sheds light on the particular challenges in using existing data stored in…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Curriculum Evaluation, Online Courses, Learning Analytics
Oregon Department of Education, 2017
Oregon's on-time graduation rate reached 75% in 2015-16, an increase of about 1% from the previous school year. The increase equates to more than 1,300 additional students earning their diploma compared to last year. Nearly all student groups saw an increase in their graduation rate, with Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, African American/Black,…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, American Indian Students, Pacific Islanders, African American Students
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2017
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) works to promote efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity in the programs and operations of the U.S. Department of Education (Department). Through OIG's audits, inspections, investigations, and other reviews, they continue to identify areas of concern within the Department's programs and operations and…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Educational Finance, Information Security, Audits (Verification)
National Council of Teachers of English, 2015
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) represents teachers and researchers of composition and communication in all possible genres, media, contexts, and exigencies; for the purpose of these guidelines, "writers" and "writing" will be all-encompassing, and the term "researcher" will refer to…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Ethics, Research Methodology, Communications
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