Descriptor
Source
Author
| Aagaard, Lola | 1 |
| Borko, Hilda | 1 |
| Elliott, Rebekah | 1 |
| Guskey, Thomas R. | 1 |
| Jones, Deneese L. | 1 |
| Kannapel, Patricia J. | 1 |
| Keedy, John L. | 1 |
| McDonald, Deborah Halcomb | 1 |
| Oldham, Ben R. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Kentucky | 2 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Kentucky Education Reform Act… | 6 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textBorko, Hilda; Elliott, Rebekah – 1998
This paper presents a focused case study of Ann and Kay, a team of exemplary elementary teachers, as they worked to modify their mathematics instruction to be consistent with the goals of the Kentucky Education Reform Act and Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS), its innovative high-stakes assessment system. At the time of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Kannapel, Patricia J.; And Others – 1995
Opposition to outcome-based education (OBE) has become a rallying cry for a number of organized groups that oppose state-education reform initiatives around the country. Such opposition has arisen recently in Kentucky among groups that object to many components of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA). This paper explores the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcome Based Education, Parent Influence
McDonald, Deborah Halcomb; Keedy, John L. – 2002
This research examined how three elementary school principals conceptualized within the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990 the development of teacher leaders. Two major criteria were used to select these principals: (a) their schools had continuous student achievement for three consecutive biennia despite high levels of student poverty;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Instructional Leadership
Jones, Deneese L.; And Others – 1994
Traditional assessments in university courses led students to seek goals that current research reports as unacceptable since success had been based on knowledge acquisition rather than performance or ability to use this information in authentic situations. Assessment must require the performance of exemplary tasks. The purpose of this project was…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, English Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods
Guskey, Thomas R.; Oldham, Ben R. – 1996
The Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) represents one of the most comprehensive pieces of educational reform legislation enacted in the United States. This article describes a series of unintended consequences that are the direct results of inconsistencies both between and within components of the reform. The inconsistencies have made certain…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Aagaard, Lola; And Others – 1994
The Appalachia Educational Laboratory qualitative study of the implementation of five aspects of the Kentucky Education Reform Act in four rural school districts is now in its fourth year. This paper focuses on findings concerning the first year of the primary program, which was put into widespread operation in 1992-93. Nongraded primary programs…
Descriptors: Ability, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy, Longitudinal Studies
