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Cate, Cindy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This action research study gathered data from journals and semi-structured interviews to explore four preservice teachers' perceptions of reading instruction and preparation practices. In the setting of a field-based reading methods course, Kolb's Experiential Learning Model (ELM) provided a theoretical lens to view participants'…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning
McConnell, Amber Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A nationwide push for students with disabilities to receive instruction in the general education classroom has stemmed, in part, from current legislation and high stakes testing. Student GPA continues to be a major factor in admission standards for postsecondary schools and initial employment opportunities. The focus on receiving instruction in…
Descriptors: Mild Disabilities, Grade Point Average, Transitional Programs, Student Evaluation
Edgington, Cynthia Page – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Teachers' ability to elicit and build on students' mathematical thinking during instruction is critical in order to support students' mathematical growth. An emerging hypothesis in the field is that the construct of a "learning trajectory" (LT) has the potential to support teachers in making sense of and using student…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
Isom, Jamie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this explanatory mixed methods study was to explore the perceptions of Nebraska teachers about their experiences in the transition from STARS to NeSA. The study explored their perceptions of the influence of the transition on implementation of a balanced assessment system. As defined by NDE, a balanced system included NeSA testing,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Mixed Methods Research, Surveys
Chubb, John – Education Sector, 2012
The Common Core State Standards project is the latest in a series of efforts to improve the academic success of American students. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have endorsed new academic benchmarks that substantially raise the bar for achievement in English and mathematics. Aiming at a deeper form of learning, the initiative is a…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Barriers, Educational Change, Educational Assessment
Ingersoll, Richard M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
Induction support programs for beginning teachers is an education reform whose time has come. The national data indicate that over the past couple of decades the number of beginning teachers has ballooned in the U.S. Simultaneously, there has been a large increase in the number of states, districts, and schools offering induction programs.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Program Effectiveness
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Maxwell, T. W. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
The argument of this article is that assessment in higher education in the professions can benefit from quality assessment tasks linked to professional practice. Such an assessment task would need to be authentic requiring considerable intellectual skill as well as attending to the realities of professional demands. The idea of authentic…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Higher Education, Educational Assessment, Performance Based Assessment
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Allais, Stephanie – Journal of Education and Work, 2012
The idea of learning outcomes seems to increasingly dominate education policy internationally. Many claims are made about what they can achieve, for example, in enabling comparison of qualifications across countries, improving the recognition of prior learning and improving educational quality. The claims made for the role of learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
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Wagner, Daniel A.; Lockheed, Marlaine; Mullis, Ina; Martin, Michael O.; Kanjee, Anil; Gove, Amber; Dowd, Amy Jo – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012
Over the past decade, international and national education agencies have begun to emphasize the improvement of the quality (rather than quantity) of education in developing countries. This trend has been paralleled by a significant increase in the use of educational assessments as a way to measure gains and losses in quality of learning. As…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Reading Tests
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Harman, Wm. Gregory; Boden, Camille; Karpenski, Jeremy; Muchowicz, Nicole – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
In this study, the outcomes of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), as implemented in Illinois, are evaluated in terms of high school standards testing results between 2003-2013. NCLB was a policy dedicated to closing the gap in schooling outcomes nationally in the space of a decade. There have been few systematic examinations of its macro-level results…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Program Evaluation, Outcomes of Education
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Spees, Lisa P.; Potochnick, Stephanie; Perreira, Krista M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
The dramatic growth and dispersal of immigrant families has changed the face of public education at a time when states are experiencing increased school accountability pressures under the No Child Left Behind Act and its recent successor, the Every Student Succeeds Act. Of particular concern is how these demographic shifts affect the academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Immigrants, Limited English Speaking, Educational Assessment
Watt, Michael – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study was to inform the deliberations of a policymakers' working group by investigating what key actors in the materials' marketplace are doing to align digital and print-based materials with the Australian Curriculum and what steps need to be taken to deliver aligned materials to schools. Content analysis method was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Alignment (Education), Educational Practices
Abdallah, Mahmoud M. S.; Mohammad, Marwa M. M. – Online Submission, 2016
The general secondary stage in Egypt is a vital educational phase since it plays an essential role in developing students' thinking and learning styles to prepare them for life in general and higher education in particular. Accordingly, it has become urgent and persistent to develop secondary-stage students' critical thinking styles while…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Lifelong Learning, Models, Learning Strategies
National Foundation for Educational Research, 2016
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide research project involving schools and students in over 70 countries. It is run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), takes place every three years, and is designed to examine how 15-year-olds can apply what they have learned in school to real…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests
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Sweetland, Scott R. – Educational Considerations, 2014
It is a long held belief that Vouchers and charter schools are among the most recognized buzzwords in today's education marketplace. Advocates assert that the quality of education will improve if consumers (i.e., parents) have greater access to schooling alternatives. Along with this assertion is the implied belief that costs of education will…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Vouchers, Educational Opportunities, Access to Education
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