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Alexander Seeskin – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Amid a growing debate over the use of standardized test scores, states and districts across the country have begun using alternative measures of school quality, including surveys of students and teachers. As a result, many schools now have access to troves of diagnostic data on student and teacher perception. However, with few established…
Descriptors: Student Records, Data Use, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys
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Hall, David C. – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2016
Case studies are commonly used to anchor important theoretical concepts with carefully guided use of practical experience. This session explored approaches and methodologies for effective and creative use of coupling online case study resources with textbook case studies in order to enhance learning. An illustrative example referred to use of a…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Textbook Content, Data Use, Veterinary Medical Education
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Flores, Osly; Gunzenhauser, Michael G. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This paper addresses what we are calling "the gaps," the divergent and contextual understandings of "opportunity gap" and "achievement gap" evident in phenomenological interviews with principals and school district leaders. Drawing from a sample of 22 interviews in urban, inner-ring suburban, and outer-ring suburban…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Achievement Gap, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools
Carolina Milesi; Kevin L. Brown; Barbara L. Schneider – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This research method case describes the use of bibliometric analysis for the purpose of evaluating a large, federal research program that supported basic research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education. Program evaluation is critical for providing rigorous evidence about program effectiveness and demonstrating that public…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Bibliometrics, Case Studies, Program Evaluation
Weisz, Sarah, Ed. – Healthy Schools Campaign, 2022
Taking action to address health-related chronic absenteeism can have a powerful impact on students' academic success and build the foundation for healthy, successful lives. This document focuses on providing educators, particularly school district decision-makers, with knowledge and practical guidance for creating meaningful change to address…
Descriptors: Attendance, Diseases, Dental Health, Behavior
Weatherhead, Andrew – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study is concerned with how teachers use data about students' ideas in science, elicited from embedded formative assessment probes, to make decisions about next steps in instruction. Since Black and Wiliam's (1998) seminal work on formative assessment, researchers and practitioners alike concerned themselves with formative assessment and its…
Descriptors: Master Teachers, Formative Evaluation, Data Use, Decision Making
Coburn, Katrina; Keating, Kim; Jennings-Shaffer, Jennifer – ZERO TO THREE, 2021
This article explores the many ways in which states can and are addressing racial equity in problem solving and policymaking. The authors explore national data that make the case for addressing bias and advancing equity in state policy; share strategies and best practices for engaging families and communities; and provide examples of policies that…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Equal Education, State Policy, Best Practices
US Department of Education, 2021
As a precursor to this annual report, in February 2018, the Department issued its "U.S. Department of Education Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years [FY] 2018-22" ("Strategic Plan") (see ED586968). The "Strategic Plan" establishes four broad, overarching goals--one goal each in the areas of K-12 education, postsecondary…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Federal Government, Strategic Planning, Educational Planning
Huerta, Adrian H.; Romero-Morales, Maria; Dizon, Jude Paul Matias; Nguyen, Julie Vu – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2021
The collegiate experiences of men of color--Black, Latino, multiracial, Native American, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander men--are influenced by a wide variety of factors that determine if and how they persist to reach college graduation. Subtle and overt acts of racism and microaggressions from peers and faculty often shape experiences in…
Descriptors: Males, Ethnic Groups, Racial Differences, Persistence
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Magnussen, Rikke; Hamann, Villads Dalby; Stensgaard, Anne Gro – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2019
In this paper, we present the project, Community Drive, as well as the theoretical and empirical background on which the project is based. Through technical and humanistic collaboration, the project aims to create models that allow children and young people to participate in overcoming future challenges in cities by becoming active and…
Descriptors: Data Use, Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation
Adan, Sara – Century Foundation, 2019
While college costs have risen significantly in the past few decades, some of those cost increases can be partially mitigated by financial aid for low-income families. But many low- and moderate-income families vastly overestimate the cost of college, leading them to assume that enrolling their children in college, particularly a four-year school,…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Student Financial Aid, Data Use, Outreach Programs
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2019
"Research Messages 2018" highlights the varied nature of the research activities undertaken by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in the past year. Research published during 2018 encompasses a range of themes and topics categorised according to three broad areas: (1) structures and systems for skilling and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Research, Job Training, Job Skills
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Dolan, Erin L.; Borrero, Michelle; Callis-Duehl, Kristine; Chen Musgrove, Miranda M.; de Lima, Joelyn; Ero-Tolliver, Isi; Gerhart, Laci M.; Goodwin, Emma C.; Hamilton, Lindsey R.; Henry, Meredith A.; Herrera, Jose; Huot, Bethany; Kiser, Stacey; Ko, Melissa E.; Kravec, Marcy E.; Lee, Mark; Limeri, Lisa B.; Peffer, Melanie E.; Pires, Debra; Ramirez Lugo, Juan S.; Sharp, Starlette M.; Suarez, Nicole A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
The 2019 Undergraduate Biology Education Research Gordon Research Conference (UBER GRC), titled "Achieving Widespread Improvement in Undergraduate Education," brought together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners working to identify, promote, and understand widespread adoption of evidence-based teaching, learning, and success…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Science, Biology, Evidence Based Practice
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2020
The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) pushes states to improve the public accessibility of Career Technical Education (CTE) data. According to the law, state agencies, as well as local recipients, must share data on the performance of all CTE students, and subgroups of learners, and make this…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Data Collection
Rhode Island Department of Education, 2020
Rhode Island's "Blueprint for Multilingual Learner (MLL) Success" articulates a vision and research-based principles that lay out what must be in place at all levels of the educational system for MLLs to thrive. Together, the vision and the principles set the foundational structure for systemic improvement of MLL instruction in Rhode…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Students, Educational Practices, Success
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