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Download full textMeyer, Stephen J.; Brodersen, R. Marc; Linick, Matthew A. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2014
The purpose of this study was to describe how states in the REL Central Region (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) evaluate teacher preparation programs and planned changes for evaluation. Publicly available documents were reviewed and interviews were conducted with state education agency representatives…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, State Departments of Education, Program Evaluation
Apthorp, Helen; Wang, Xin; Ryan, Susan; Cicchinelli, Louis F. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2012
This report on professional teaching standards in the Central Region examines what K-8 general education teachers are expected to know and be able to do in order to teach English language learner students. It reviews the standards for coverage of six topics that the research literature suggests are important for improving student achievement. Key…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Standards
Apthorp, Helen; Wang, Xin; Ryan, Susan; Cicchinelli, Louis F. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2012
This report on professional teaching standards in the Central Region examines what K-8 general education teachers are expected to know and be able to do in order to teach English language learner students. It reviews the standards for coverage of six topics that the research literature suggests are important for improving student achievement. Key…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Standards
Beesley, Andrea D.; Shebby, Susan; Mackety, Dawn; Rainey, Jesse; Cicchinelli, Louis F.; Cherasaro, Trudy – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2012
This study examines nine voluntary working relationships or partnerships between tribal education departments (TEDs) and local education agencies supporting American Indian students. Individual profiles describe how each partnership works, focusing primarily on collaborative activities intended to improve education outcomes for American Indian…
Descriptors: Profiles, Tribally Controlled Education, School Districts, Voluntary Agencies
Barley, Zoe A.; Brigham, Nancy – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2008
The Central Region states have greater percentages of rural students and schools than the U.S. average. This report describes how nine teacher preparation programs in the region prepare their graduates for teaching positions in rural settings. The study found that, of 120 institutions in the Central Region that offer teacher preparation, only 17…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Incidence, Rural Schools, Rural Areas
Palmer, Elisabeth A.; Barley, Zoe A. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2008
The purpose of this study is to describe the No Child Left Behind requirements for state standards and assessment systems. It examined official documents and peer review decision letters and included interviews with state assessment directors in the Central Region to highlight the challenges states face in developing and implementing approved…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, State Standards, Educational Assessment
Barley, Zoe; Wegner, Sandra K. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2007
The Central Region states (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) lag behind the nation in the rate of participation in supplemental educational services that schools failing to make adequate progress for three consecutive years must offer to eligible students under the No Child Left Behind Act. This study…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, Eligibility, State Programs
Kendall, John S.; Pollack, Courtney; Schwols, Amitra; Snyder, Christina – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2007
Colleges and employers are growing increasingly concerned that high school students lack the knowledge and skills needed for success after graduation. To find out whether the expectations of the Central Region states match the expectations of colleges and the workplace, state standards for what students should know and be able to do in English…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Language Arts, English
Apthorp, Helen; Clark, Tedra – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2007
The evidence indicates that peer-assisted learning can have a substantively important positive effect on struggling high school students' reading comprehension. Reservations remain about attributing improved comprehension to peer-assisted learning because the students were not randomly assigned to the intervention in the one study that met…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Disabilities, Intentional Learning, Secondary School Teachers
