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Valli, Linda; Croninger, Robert G.; Buese, Daria – Teachers College Record, 2012
Context: Policy makers have long used policy tools to influence various components of the education system. The passage of No Child Left Behind increased the federal role and the focus on student outcome measures. This change in the policy environment can affect not only teachers and teaching but researchers and research on teaching as well.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Context Effect, Educational Research
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Burke, Garfield, Jr.; Wang, Ying – Education, 2010
Public school districts in the Mississippi (MS) Delta are under severe pressure to make rapid and adaptable changes in response to the federal legislation No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the MS Plan for Student Achievement: Assessment, Accreditation, and Accountability. These reform Acts require higher student performance standards and new…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Testing, Educational Improvement, Educational Assessment
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Drame, Elizabeth R. – Education and Urban Society, 2010
In the current climate of high-stakes accountability created under the No Child Left Behind legislation, public schools, including charter schools, are under tremendous pressure to show consistent improvement in student achievement for all students. Students with disabilities present unique challenges to schools attempting to meet Adequate Yearly…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Disabilities
Ozek, Umut – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2012
How to incorporate mobile students, who enter schools/classrooms after the start of the school year, into educational performance evaluations remains to be a challenge. As mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), all states currently require that a school is accountable only if the student has been enrolled in the school for a full…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Accountability, Eligibility, Enrollment