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Catt, Andrew D.; Shaw, Michael – EdChoice, 2019
This report synthesizes information about West Virginia's private schools from a survey conducted by EdChoice. Education savings accounts (ESAs) allow parents to withdraw their children from public district or charter schools and receive a deposit of public funds into government-authorized savings accounts with restricted, but multiple, uses.…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Financial Support, Money Management
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Dadey, Nathan; Briggs, Derek C. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2012
A vertical scale, in principle, provides a common metric across tests with differing difficulties (e.g., spanning multiple grades) so that statements of "absolute" growth can be made. This paper compares 16 states' 2007-2008 effect size growth trends on vertically scaled reading and math assessments across grades 3 to 8. Two patterns…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Scaling, Effect Size, Reading Tests
Whisman, Andy – West Virginia Department of Education Office of Research, Accountability, and Data Governance, 2015
This report describes the occurrence of discipline referrals and corresponding interventions and consequences used by schools for harassment, intimidation, or bullying behaviors during the 2014-2015 school year. Using data entered into the West Virginia Education Information System (WVEIS), we conducted two sets of analyses--one focusing on…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Bullying, Behavior Problems, Discipline
Whisman, Andy – West Virginia Department of Education, 2015
This report describes the occurrence of discipline referrals and corresponding interventions and consequences used by schools for "harassment," "intimidation," or "bullying" behaviors during the 2013-2014 school year. Using data entered into the West Virginia Education Information System (WVEIS), the authors conducted…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Referral, Incidence
Whisman, Andy – West Virginia Department of Education, 2014
This report describes the occurrence of discipline referrals and corresponding interventions and consequences used by schools for "harassment," "intimidation," and "bullying" behaviors during the 2012- 2013 school year. Using data entered into the West Virginia Education Information System (WVEIS), this study was…
Descriptors: Bullying, Student Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Discipline Problems
Frankenberg, Erica – George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, 2010
The nation and its public school enrollment are in the midst of dramatic racial change (Frey, 2001; Orfield, 2009). Soon, the nation's public schools will enroll a majority of non-White students, a demographic reality that has already occurred in the two largest regions of the country, the South and the West. As the nation's enrollment grows more…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Public Schools, School Districts, Racial Segregation
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
The Conference for Education in the South, which for 16 years has held its annual sessions at different places in the Southern States, is unique among educational conferences, in that its membership does not consist chiefly of teachers and school officers, but of farmers, professional men of all kinds, business men, and women of varied interests,…
Descriptors: Clubs, Females, Bachelors Degrees, Teacher Certification