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Direct linkNeri, Rebecca Colina; Lozano, Maritza; Gomez, Louis M. – Review of Research in Education, 2019
Despite evidence of promise, the adoption of culturally relevant educational (CRE) approaches to teaching and learning remains sporadic and underwhelming. In this chapter, we question this state of affairs by investigating teacher resistance to CRE. Through our examination of the literature, we have come to understand teacher resistance to CRE as…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Attitudes, Resistance to Change, Beliefs
Betts, Julian R.; Hahn, Youjin; Zau, Andrew C. – Public Policy Institute of California, 2011
The Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP) offers course-specific assessments that provide teachers with timely feedback on their students' strengths and weaknesses in mathematics, often returning feedback to teachers on individual students and the entire class within a week of testing. In this way, teachers can quickly act on what they…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Summer Schools, Test Results, Mathematics Achievement
Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2008
Assessing whether or not students learn what they are supposed to has long been part of the educational process, encouraged even more in recent years by mandates to meet federal No Child Left Behind requirements and state achievement standards. But unlike summative assessments, which rely mostly on end-of-year test scores to gauge student…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Federal Legislation, Formative Evaluation, Diagnostic Tests
Gonzalez, Jorge E. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2008
This article reviews "The Early Reading Diagnostic Assessment, Second Edition" (ERDA-Second Edition), a norm-referenced individually administered diagnostic measure of early reading skills as described in Reading First federal legislation (Part B, Subpart 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left…
Descriptors: Test Results, Early Reading, Primary Education, Federal Legislation
Download full textCenter on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about Alabama High School Graduation Exam, 3rd Edition, a comprehensive standards-based exam. The purpose of the exam is to: (1) Provide schools with student academic diagnostic information; (2) Determine prospective high school graduates' mastery of the state curriculum; (3) Increase alignment of local curriculum…
Descriptors: High Schools, Federal Legislation, High School Graduates, Exit Examinations
Utchell, Lynn Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Despite significant regulations regarding the reading proficiency of students in the United States, more than half of students graduating high school are continually reading below proficiency (National Center for Education Statistics, 2010). In 2000 the National Reading Panel (NRP) identified phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Federal Legislation, Phonemic Awareness, Program Effectiveness
Farrell-Meier, Colleen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Data from instruments which are technically adequate and which inform instruction are not only considered best practice, but are legally mandated by laws such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act and No Child Left Behind. The Phonics Diagnostic Inventory (PDI) was designed to assess students' proficiency with specific…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about the New York's Regents Examination. The purpose of the exam is to: (1) Provide schools with student academic diagnostic information; (2) Determine prospective high school graduates' knowledge and skill levels relative to those needed for entry-level employment; (3) Determine prospective high school graduates'…
Descriptors: High Schools, Academic Failure, At Risk Students, High School Graduates
McCue, Patrick – Principal Leadership, 2010
No Child Left Behind's mandate to close the achievement gap for students with disabilities and the emergence of response to intervention (RTI) as a means to address students' learning needs have led many schools to use more preventive academic supports within the general education classroom. The use of a diagnostic, intervention-based approach to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Federal Legislation, Performance Based Assessment, Academic Achievement
Shepard, Lorrie A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
School districts across the country have adopted interim and benchmark assessments in response to NCLB pressures to raise student achievement, despite the lack of a research base. Thus, it is especially important that well-conceived, empirical studies of the effects of such programs be carried out. Various theoretical frames can help understand…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Evaluation Utilization
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT) and Georgia High School Writing Test (GHSWT). The purpose of the exams is to: (1) Ensure that students qualifying for a diploma have mastered essential core academic content and skills. All students seeking a Georgia high school diploma must pass the GHSGT in four…
Descriptors: High Schools, Academic Failure, Writing Tests, Graduation
Watt, Michael – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine and compare key elements of the actions that states in the USA and Australia took to implement the Common Core State Standards or Phase One of the Australian Curriculum, and what processes and products they used to facilitate implementation of these innovations. A rubric adapted from a diagnostic tool,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, State Standards, Academic Standards
Dunn, Karee E.; Mulvenon, Sean W. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2009
The existence of a plethora of empirical evidence documenting the improvement of educational outcomes through the use of formative assessment is conventional wisdom within education. In reality, a limited body of scientifically based empirical evidence exists to support that formative assessment directly contributes to positive educational…
Descriptors: Evidence, Formative Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Chubb, John – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
This article presents a reply to "Edison Is the Symptom, NCLB Is the Disease" by Peter Campbell--a critique that portrayed the school as an exploitative environment, a veritable plantation subjugating poor minority children through mind-numbing, compliance-inducing drills. The author refutes the specific charges leveled against…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Minority Group Children, Accountability, Standardized Tests
Srikantaiah, Deepa; Zhang, Ying; Swayhoover, Lisa – Center on Education Policy, 2008
In the spring of 2008, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) continued its ongoing research on the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) by conducting case studies of six schools in Illinois to learn more about the effects of NCLB and related state accountability policies on curriculum, instruction, and student achievement. The schools…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Standards, Academic Achievement, Accountability
