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Download full textZeiser, Kristina; Scholz, Carrie; Cirks, Victoria – American Institutes for Research, 2018
The study, "Maximizing Student Agency: Implementing and Measuring Student-Centered Learning Practices," aims to identify the instructional practices that may be useful for the development of different aspects of student agency (i.e., self-efficacy, self-regulated learning, and persistence) and determine whether these instructional…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Individual Power, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Stohr, Amber D. – West Virginia Department of Education, 2014
Commencing in 2011, the Mathematics Academies Initiative is a series of professional development academies (lasting 1 to 2 years, depending on cohort) with the primary objectives of (a) providing educators with a high quality professional development experience that enhances their mathematical content knowledge and pedagogical skills, and (b)…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Education, Faculty Development
Hartmann, Tracey; Reumann-Moore, Rebecca; Evans, Shani Adia; Haxton, Clarisse; Maluk, Holly; Neild, Ruth Curran – Research for Action, 2009
Between 2003 and 2007, and without significant outside funding, the School District of Philadelphia created 25 new small high schools. This study, begun by Research for Action in 2006, follows the start-up and early implementation of these small high schools in Philadelphia. The study found that parents and students are interested in small high…
Descriptors: High Schools, Research Methodology, Academic Achievement, Teacher Surveys
Saunders, Marissa; Alcantara, Vianna; Cervantes, Laura; Del Razo, Jaime; Lopez, Ruth; Perez, Wendy – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2017
Improving student learning in our country's highest need schools is and endeavor that is challenging, complicated, and imperative. The major school reform efforts of the last few decades have largely failed to influence student achievement or to impact the ever-widening achievement or opportunity gap. These disappointing results have led…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Interviews, Teacher Role, Ownership
Donahue, Tara; Ho, Hsiang-Yah; Knotts, Ashli – McREL International, 2015
The purpose of this study evaluates the work completed in the "Jefferson County Public Schools" (JCPS) project, "Making Time for What Matters Most", aiming to improve student achievement, narrow achievement gaps, strengthen students' college readiness skills, and increase the percentages of students who graduate and go on to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
Lawrence, Nancy; Sanders, Felicia – Research for Action, 2012
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of high-quality instructional and formative assessment tools to support teachers' incorporation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their classroom instruction. Lessons from the first generation of standards-based reforms suggest that intense…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Mathematics Education, Formative Evaluation, Educational Change
Reumann-Moore, Rebecca; Sanders, Felicia – Research for Action, 2012
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of high-quality instructional and formative assessment tools to support teachers' incorporation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their classroom instruction. Lessons from the first generation of standards-based reforms suggest that intense…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Teacher Surveys, Mixed Methods Research
