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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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School Improvement by Design: Lessons from a Study of Comprehensive School Reform Programs
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Rowan, Brian; Correnti, Richard; Miller, Robert J.; Camburn, Eric M. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2009
This study examined the design, implementation, and instructional effectiveness of three of America's most widely disseminated comprehensive school reform programs (the Accelerated Schools Project, America's Choice, and Successful for All) over a four year period that encompassed the school years 2000-2001 through 2003-2004. The authors' goal in…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Models, Instructional Improvement, Educational Change
Review of Teaching Performance Assessments for Use in Human Capital Management. Working Paper
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Milanowski, Anthony T.; Heneman, Herbert G., III; Kimball, Steven M. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2009
The major goal of this study is to review the current state of the art in teaching assessment by examining a sample of assessment systems, then to develop a "specification" for a state-of the art performance assessment system to be used for human capital management (HCM) functions. This specification could be a stimulus and guidepost for working…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Competency Testing, Teacher Evaluation
Teaching Matters: How State and Local Policymakers Can Improve the Quality of Teachers and Teaching. CPRE Policy Briefs RB-48
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Corcoran, Thomas B. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2007
This issue of CPRE Policy Briefs summarizes the findings on issues related to teacher quality in the chapter authored by Thomas B. Corcoran in the book, "The State of Education Policy Research." The report also draws on discussions that took place during a 2006 policy briefing on teacher labor-market issues held in Chicago and sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Teacher Orientation, Teacher Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Educational Quality