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Gibson, Patrick; Robles, Ashley – Center for Learner Equity, 2021
This technical brief is part of an ongoing series the Center for Learner Equity (CLE) launched in 2015 that examines the enrollment and experiences of students with disabilities in different school settings. Using the 2017-2018 U.S. Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) data released earlier this year, this brief focuses on specialized charter…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Charter Schools, Traditional Schools, Student Experience
Martin, Michael O., Ed.; von Davier, Matthias, Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
The chapters in this online volume comprise the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center's technical report of the methods and procedures used to develop, implement, and report the results of TIMSS 2019. There were various technical challenges because TIMSS 2019 was the initial phase of the transition to eTIMSS, with approximately half the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
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Sherron, Todd; Cherrstrom, Catherine A.; Boden, Carrie; Wilson, Lindsey – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2019
Prior learning assessment (PLA) supports student persistence, shortens time-to-degree, and boosts degree completion, particularly for post-traditional (adult or non-traditional) students and underserved populations. This proceeding examines an innovative approach to PLA using block credit. Administered within the award-winning Department of…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Student Evaluation, Best Practices, Adult Students
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Tuncer, Hülya; Karatas, Tuçe Öztürk – Online Submission, 2020
Today's world has been embracing social, political, and economical changes that result in the replacement of people for immigration and citizenship purposes. Those waves of change cause some countries to receive the movement of new people, which requires the countries to take precautions. In doing so, in the citizenship context various mechanisms…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Immigrants, Citizenship, Official Languages
Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2014
The "TIMSS Advanced 2015 Assessment Frameworks" provides the foundation for the two international assessments to take place as part of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) Advanced 2015--Advanced Mathematics and Physics. Chapter 1 (Liv…
Descriptors: International Programs, Testing Programs, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests
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González, Juan Carlos; Portillos, Edwardo L. – International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 2013
This chapter will provide examples of how Chicano faculty teach and practice social justice in the U.S. college classroom, where subtle forms of racism operate through White privilege, and influence faculty credibility and authority. From a Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) perspective, the authors address the question, What are the similarities…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Minority Group Teachers, Social Justice, College Faculty
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
Linked learning communities in postsecondary education are programs defined by having social and curricular linkages that provide undergraduate students with intentional integration of the themes and concepts that they are learning. The theory behind these programs is that active learning in a community-based setting can improve academic outcomes…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Communities of Practice, Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education
Dorn, Randy; Came, Deb – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2012
The Comprehensive Education Data and Research System (CEDARS) is a longitudinal data system managed by the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to collect, store and report data related to students, courses, and teachers in order to meet state and federal reporting requirements, and to help educators and policy…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Annual Reports, Statistical Data, State Surveys
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.; Hanson, Andrew R. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2012
Certificates are recognition of completion of a course of study based on a specific field, usually associated with a limited set of occupations. Certificates differ from other kinds of labor market credentials such as industry-based certifications and licenses, which typically involve passing an examination to prove a specific competency,…
Descriptors: Credentials, Awards, Educational Attainment, Labor Market
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
This study examined whether having a teacher with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification improves student achievement. The study analyzed data on about 3,800 second through fifth grade students taught by 198 teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Study data were from 2003-04 and 2004-05. The authors…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, National Standards, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Certification
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Ladders to Literacy" is a supplemental early literacy curriculum published in "Ladders to Literacy: A Kindergarten Activity Book." The program targets children at different levels and from diverse cultural backgrounds: those who are typically developing, have disabilities, or are at risk of reading failure. The activities are…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten, Reading Skills, Oral Language
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Parker, Richard I.; Hagan-Burke, Shanna – Behavior Therapy, 2007
An obstacle to broader acceptability of effect sizes in single case research is their lack of intuitive and useful interpretations. Interpreting Cohen's d as "standard deviation units difference" and R[superscript 2] as "percent of variance accounted for" do not resound with most visual analysts. In fact, the only comparative analysis widely…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Effect Size, Comparative Analysis, Behavioral Sciences
Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed. – 1996
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the most ambitious study conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement to date. TIMSS developed and administered tests and questionnaires in three student populations to study achievement in participating countries and the factors associated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education