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Lane, John L. – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
While researchers have shown great interest in understanding teacher evaluation, little is known about how teachers' actions and interactions surrounding evaluation affect the dual goals of evaluation--accountability and development. Using data collected during a yearlong ethnographic study at three schools (combined with follow-up interviews four…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, Teacher Attitudes, Evaluation Methods
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Paige, Mark – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) appears to offer states and districts discretion to develop teacher evaluation policies, including those that may use Value Added Models (VAMs). While scholars are discussing this flexibility, limited attention has been paid to the potential role of the law in connection with the future use of VAMs in…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Court Litigation, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Policy
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Killian, Chad M.; Kern, Ben D.; Ellison, Douglas W.; Graber, Kim C.; Woods, Amelia Mays – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: School wellness legislation has potential to impact the health of children and alter the obesity crisis in the United Sates. Little is known about how state lawmakers perceive child wellness legislation effectiveness relative to obesity prevention. Our purpose was to understand state lawmakers' perceptions of childhood obesity and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Wellness, Public Officials
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Mokher, Christine G.; Spencer, Hayley; Park, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
We explore institutional change and organizational learning in higher education in the context of a large-scale reform of developmental education in Florida. We use statewide survey data to examine administrators' perceptions of the use and effectiveness of accountability metrics, methods to identify solutions to improve student outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Higher Education, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes
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Angelle, Pamela S.; Lomascolo, David J. – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2020
This study examined the perceptions of US school principals toward one US state's revamped teacher tenure law and how principals perceived that the law affected their ability to evaluate and retain effective teachers. Principal interviews indicated the law had a positive impact on their ability to evaluate and retain effective teachers despite…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Tenure, State Legislation
Mokher, Christine G.; Spencer, Hayley; Park, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Grantee Submission, 2020
We explore institutional change and organizational learning in higher education in the context of a large-scale reform of developmental education in Florida. We use statewide survey data to examine administrators' perceptions of the use and effectiveness of accountability metrics, methods to identify solutions to improve student outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Higher Education, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes
Van Beek, Michael; DeGrow, Ben – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2020
This paper offers a critical review of a report published in March by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan titled "Improving Oversight of Michigan Charter Schools and Their Authorizers." The report argues that charter schools and charter school authorizers need more oversight. Making the case for this position might include…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Generalization
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2020
This report delineates evaluation findings from 43 programs that received over $8 million of state investment through Proposition 10 to support early childhood services in Kern County, California during Fiscal Year 2018-2019. To address results-based accountability of the state investment from a 50 cent-per-pack tax on cigarette and other tobacco…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, State Programs, Parent Education
Pechota, Damion; Scott, Deven – Education Commission of the States, 2020
Research demonstrates that strong leadership has a positive impact on school quality. School and district leadership is second to classroom instruction, in terms of its influence on student learning. In addition, effective leaders are an important factor in the recruitment and retention of high-quality teachers. Because of this, states are…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Educational Quality, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Education
Erica Shoulders-Royster – ProQuest LLC, 2020
School principals often contend that having the ability to be the instructional leaders that they were trained to be hinges in part upon maximizing their decision making latitude. These leaders assert that policy flexibility allows schools to make necessary changes without the bureaucracy that they believe stifles reform, improvement strategies,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Traditional Schools, Educational Policy, Principals
Steve Delie – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2024
The tables have turned on Michigan's public school boards and other school officials. As a result of changes to the state's labor law in 2023, school districts face the risk of losing some authority to determine who should be teaching in their classrooms. Teachers unions are empowered once again to demand districts treat teachers as if they are…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, School Districts, Public School Teachers, Teacher Placement
Illinois State Board of Education, 2024
Charter schools are public schools governed by an independent board of directors that come into existence through a contract with an authorized public chartering agency. This report, known as the Illinois Charter School Biennial Report, provides legislators, policymakers, educators, and the general public with information regarding the state of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Annual Reports, Educational Legislation, School Districts
Diana Polson; Rachel Tabachnick; Stephen Herzenberg – Keystone Research Center, 2024
Decades of chronic underfunding and inequitable funding have been spiraling Pennsylvania's public school system into crisis--failing kids and threatening the future of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Court has ruled that the state's current funding system for K-12 schools is unconstitutional and the state must take action to adequately and…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Educational Vouchers, Accountability, Educational Equity (Finance)
Texas Education Agency, 2024
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) prepares an annual report on graduates and dropouts in Texas public secondary schools. This report includes state summaries of the annual dropout rate, longitudinal graduation and dropout rates, and state attrition rates. In addition to statewide statistics, the report provides historical information about dropout…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Dropouts, Graduation Rate, High School Graduates
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Addie Campbell-Mungen – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2024
Decades of federal and state education legislation enacted to increase student academic achievement and enhance school quality have pronounced impacts on teachers and their instructional practice. That impact is captured in the term intensification. Intensification is multifaceted and manifests as additional tasks accomplished simultaneously, with…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, English Teachers, Language Arts, Faculty Workload
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