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Direct linkKara A. Walker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP; National Center for Education Statistics, 2020) have shown that despite efforts to raise the literacy skill levels of students in elementary school, the average reading scores for fourth-grade students in 2019 were still cause for concern. The NAEP data showed the reading scores in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Suburban Schools, Grade 3, Grade 4
O'Hara, Susan; Pritchard, Robert; Huang, Cammy; Pella, Shannon – TESOL Journal, 2013
This study investigated the impact of an innovative professional development initiative on teachers' ability to use technological resources to improve English learners' academic language. The Teaching Using Technology Studio, a collaborative effort between school district and university personnel, was designed as a responsive professional…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Kronholz, June – Education Next, 2010
This article discusses Michelle Rhee's style of leadership--as steely as the sound of her peekaboo high heels on a linoleum-tile hallway--which has angered much of Washington, D.C., and baffled the rest since she arrived as schools chancellor in June 2007. But it is also helping her gain control of a school system that has defied management for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Test Results, Academic Achievement, Leadership Styles
Spinks, James D., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Educators have been challenged for many years to engage their students, but often students still seem to be disengaged (Klem & Connell, 2004). Research indicates student engagement is critical to student achievement and success in school (Appleton, 2008; Connell, Spencer, & Aber, 1994; Easton, 2008; Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Grade 3
Moon, Tonya R. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2004
Data was released from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the 1980s that showed a decrease in students' problem-solving abilities and conceptual understanding but an increase in performance on items requiring lower-ordered thinking skills. To address this decline in performance, leading disciplinary organizations, such as…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Fundamental Concepts, Student Attitudes, Academically Gifted
Download full textTennessee Department of Education, 2012
In the summer of 2011, the Tennessee Department of Education contracted with the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) to provide a four-day training for all evaluators across the state. NIET trained more than 5,000 evaluators intensively in the state model (districts using alternative instruments delivered their own training).…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Evaluators, Interrater Reliability
Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
Peer reviewedPeterson, Penelope L.; Fennema, Elizabeth – American Educational Research Journal, 1985
Classroom activities related to the mathematics achievement level of students in 36 fourth-grade mathematics classes were identified. Engagement in competitive mathematics activities, cooperative mathematics activities, social activities, and off-task behavior was consistently and differentially related to girls' versus boys' low-level and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Activities, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
