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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Early Learning in Washington State
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2011
About 80,000 children enter kindergarten in Washington each year, and many lack basic language and behavioral skills--such as knowing letters and colors, following directions, getting along with others, and exhibiting impulse-control. In 2006, based on the recommendation of the Washington Learns Commission, Governor Christine Gregoire created the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Emergent Literacy, Partnerships in Education, Educational Resources
Working with Teachers to Develop Fair and Reliable Measures of Effective Teaching. MET Project
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2010
In fall 2009, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project to develop and test multiple measures of teacher effectiveness. The goal of the MET project is to improve the quality of information about teaching effectiveness available to education professionals within states and districts--information…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Instructional Effectiveness