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More Than Teacher Directed Or Child Initiated: Preschool Curriculum Type, Parent Involvement, And Children's Outcomes In The Child-Parent Centers, Elizabeth Graue, Melissa A. Clements, Arthur J. Reynolds, Michael D. Niles
More Than Teacher Directed Or Child Initiated: Preschool Curriculum Type, Parent Involvement, And Children's Outcomes In The Child-Parent Centers, Elizabeth Graue, Melissa A. Clements, Arthur J. Reynolds, Michael D. Niles
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This study investigated the contributions of curriculum approach and parent involvement to the short- and long-term effects of preschool participation in the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers. …
Autonomy Vs. Control: Quality Assurance And Governmental Policy In Flanders, Kurt De Wit, Jef C. Verhoeven
Autonomy Vs. Control: Quality Assurance And Governmental Policy In Flanders, Kurt De Wit, Jef C. Verhoeven
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… In this article, we focus on the tension between the government's aim of improving and controlling the quality of higher education and universities ' concern for their autonomy. We describe the Flemish government's view on issues of quality in higher education and confront these with an account on the basis of case studies of how the quality assurance system was actually implemented in universities. We conclude that the model of the “market state” or the '”evaluative state” is only realised partially in Flanders. ...
Meeting Nclb Goals For Highly Qualified Teachers: Estimates By State From Survey Data, Rolf K. Blank, Doreen Langesen, Elizabeth Laird, Carla Toye, Victor Bandeira De Mello
Meeting Nclb Goals For Highly Qualified Teachers: Estimates By State From Survey Data, Rolf K. Blank, Doreen Langesen, Elizabeth Laird, Carla Toye, Victor Bandeira De Mello
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This article presents results of survey data showing teacher qualifications for their assignments that are comparable from state-to-state as well as data trends over time. The analysis is intended to help state leaders, educators, and others obtain a picture of highly qualified teachers in their state, and to be able to compare their state statistics with states across the nation. ...
The Advanced Placement Expansion Of The 1990s: How Did Traditionally Underserved Students Fare?, Kristin Klopfenstein
The Advanced Placement Expansion Of The 1990s: How Did Traditionally Underserved Students Fare?, Kristin Klopfenstein
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The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Program, which allows students to take college-level courses while in high school, enjoyed tremendous growth in the 1990s. Despite overall growth, small rural schools and high poverty schools continue to offer relatively few AP courses, and black, Hispanic, and low income students remain grossly underrepresented in AP classes. During the 1990s, AP incentive programs primarily subsidized test fees for low income students, but this provided no incentive for low income and rural schools to expand their AP course offerings and did nothing to strengthen the weak academic preparation of low income, black and Hispanic …
From Centralization To Decentralization In Chinese Higher Education, Xiaohong Qian, Jef C. Verhoeven
From Centralization To Decentralization In Chinese Higher Education, Xiaohong Qian, Jef C. Verhoeven
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Since the late 1970’s, the Chinese government has been gradually changing its traditional policy for providing higher education and has begun to emphasize the comprehensiveness of the universities. Interdisciplinary cooperation and the synergization of resources are being promoted, and institutional autonomy is gradually increasing. ...
The Effect Of Charter School Legislation On Market Share, Simona Kúscová, Jack Buckley
The Effect Of Charter School Legislation On Market Share, Simona Kúscová, Jack Buckley
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Many proponents of school choice use the claim of the market’s capability to enhance efficiency and improve performance to call for its expansion. But no markets are perfectly competitive, and the local market for public goods is filled with institutional arrangements that make it differ from the neoclassical ideal. In this paper, we look at a particular institution—the provisions of charter school legislation—and assess how it affects the ability of charter schools to gain market share. ...
Tangible And Intangible Costs Of "Protecting Human Subjects": The Impact Of The National Research Act Of 1974 On University Research Activities, Frederic Jacobs, Arina Zonnenberg
Tangible And Intangible Costs Of "Protecting Human Subjects": The Impact Of The National Research Act Of 1974 On University Research Activities, Frederic Jacobs, Arina Zonnenberg
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This article (1) examines the overall structure of regulatory research oversight in the United States; (2) details the origins and evolution of federal legislation pertaining to the protection of human subjects in biomedical and behavioral treatment and research; and (3) describes the expansion of oversight regulation from biomedical and behavioral treatment areas to the social sciences. ...
Closing The Racial Achievement Gap: The Role Of Reforming Instructional Practices, Harold Wenglinsky
Closing The Racial Achievement Gap: The Role Of Reforming Instructional Practices, Harold Wenglinsky
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No Child Left Behind calls for schools to close the achievement gap between races in math and reading. One possible way for schools to do so is to encourage their teachers to engage in practices that disproportionately benefit their minority students. The current study applies the technique of Hierarchical Linear Modeling to a nationally representative sample of 13,000 fourth graders who took the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress in mathematics to identify instructional practices that reduce the achievement gap. It finds that, even when taking student background into account, various instructional practices can make a substantial difference.
There Is Another Way: The Faculty-Developed Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment For K-8 Pre-Service Teachers, David Squires, George F. Canney, Michael S. Trevisan
There Is Another Way: The Faculty-Developed Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment For K-8 Pre-Service Teachers, David Squires, George F. Canney, Michael S. Trevisan
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… This paper provides a brief history of major events in the field of literacy including teacher testing initiatives and policies, which led to the creation of the ICLA [Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment]. A description of the ICLA assessment and its construction is provided, along with a report of initial performance. Implications and policy consequences of this approach are explored.
The Support Gap: New Teachers' Early Experiences In High-Income And Low-Income Schools, Susan Moore Johnson, Susan M. Kardos, David Kauffman, Edward Liu, Morgaen L. Donaldson
The Support Gap: New Teachers' Early Experiences In High-Income And Low-Income Schools, Susan Moore Johnson, Susan M. Kardos, David Kauffman, Edward Liu, Morgaen L. Donaldson
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In this article, the authors consider three sources of support for new teachers—hiring practices, relationships with colleagues, and curriculum—all found in earlier research to influence new teachers’ satisfaction with their work, their sense of success with students, and their eventual retention in their job. ...
School Size, Achievement, And Achievement Gaps, Bradley J. Mcmillen
School Size, Achievement, And Achievement Gaps, Bradley J. Mcmillen
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In order to examine the relationship between school size and achievement, a study was conducted using longitudinal achievement data from North Carolina for three separate cohorts of public school students (one elementary, one middle and one high school).
A Educação Intercultural Na Escola E O Reconhecimento Do Outro Diferente, Isabela Cabral Félix De Sousa
A Educação Intercultural Na Escola E O Reconhecimento Do Outro Diferente, Isabela Cabral Félix De Sousa
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This article describes a potential project of intercultural education for schools. It begins by emphasizing the growing importance of this kind of project in an era of globalization. Then, I describe some educational proposals toward the construction of a new way to look to oneself and "the other." Third, I discuss the possibility that a project of this nature may be resisted since it challenges the status quo. Finally, the article stresses that the implementation of this project depends on educational policies and the efforts of the total society
Making Research Matter More, Ben Levin
Making Research Matter More, Ben Levin
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Interest in strengthening the impact and value of education research has been growing around the world. Here I outline a view of the nature of “impact” and point to instances where research has had a positive impact in education, but always within a larger social and political framework. A three element “model” of research impact is developed and used as the basis to assess current situations and to suggest steps that could be taken to support a fuller contribution to education and learning from research.
Music Education For The 21st Century: Epistemology And Ontology As Bases For Student Aesthetic Education, José Luis Aróstegui, Robert Stake, Helen Simons
Music Education For The 21st Century: Epistemology And Ontology As Bases For Student Aesthetic Education, José Luis Aróstegui, Robert Stake, Helen Simons
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
We seek to understand why persons develop their musical preferences by identifying with a particular cultural group and social background. This identification is greatly shaped by experience in their environment. Resources employed for this identification are mostly different from those employed in schools to foster academic knowledge. ...
Effects Of High-School Size On Student Outcomes: Response To Howley And Howley, Valerie E. Lee
Effects Of High-School Size On Student Outcomes: Response To Howley And Howley, Valerie E. Lee
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I take issue with several points in the Howleys' reanalysis of "High School Size: Which Works Best and for Whom?" (Lee & Smith, 1997).
School Size And The Influence Of Socioeconomic Status On Student Achievement: Confronting The Threat Of Size Bias In National Data Sets, Craig B. Howley, Aimee A. Howley
School Size And The Influence Of Socioeconomic Status On Student Achievement: Confronting The Threat Of Size Bias In National Data Sets, Craig B. Howley, Aimee A. Howley
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
Most of the recent literature on the achievement effects of school size has examined school and district performance. These studies have demonstrated substantial benefits of smaller school and district size in impoverished settings. To date, however, no work has adequately examined the relationship of size and socioeconomic status (SES) with students as the unit of analysis. ... The present study, based on the same large data set, but with size issues in the rural circumstance clearly in focus, reaches rather different conclusions, extending previous work for the first time to a more adequate examination of size effects on individual students.
América Latina: Educación, Conocimiento Y Competitividad, Eduardo M. Andere
América Latina: Educación, Conocimiento Y Competitividad, Eduardo M. Andere
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
This article attempts to demonstrate that Latin America faces a somber future in its external trade and external investment because it doesn’t support education and knowledge production and distribution as key strategies in a global world highly competitive. This article will contend that Latin America is not ready for a global and international competition, and that the strategy of opening the national economies and their deregulation were not enough to create a model of sustainable development.
After Exit: Academic Achievement Patterns Of Former English Language Learners, Ester J. De Jong
After Exit: Academic Achievement Patterns Of Former English Language Learners, Ester J. De Jong
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… The study was concerned with the achievement patterns in English language arts, Math, and Science of former ELLs who attended a bilingual and a English as a Second Language (ESL) program. It also explored whether length of program participation and grade level exited played a significant role in predicting academic achievement patterns for these exited students. ...
Identifying Teacher, School And District Characteristics Associated With Elementary Teachers' Use Of Technology: A Multilevel Perspective, Laura M. O'Dwyer, Michael Russell, Damian J. Bebell
Identifying Teacher, School And District Characteristics Associated With Elementary Teachers' Use Of Technology: A Multilevel Perspective, Laura M. O'Dwyer, Michael Russell, Damian J. Bebell
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... Previous research examining technology use has focused on teacher characteristics and has neglected to explore the potentially alterable, organizational characteristics that may be affecting the adoption and use of technology in the classroom. In light of this argument and using survey data collected from 1490 elementary classroom teachers in 96 schools in 22 Massachusetts districts, this research examines how technology is being used by elementary school teachers, and examines the school and district organizational characteristics that are associated with increased use of technology as a teaching and learning tool.
Políticas Públicas De Privatización: Una Mirada A La Experiencia De Las Escuelas Autogestionadas De San Luis, Myriam Feldfeber, Analía Jaimovich, Fernanda Saforcada
Políticas Públicas De Privatización: Una Mirada A La Experiencia De Las Escuelas Autogestionadas De San Luis, Myriam Feldfeber, Analía Jaimovich, Fernanda Saforcada
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... This paper aims at analyzing the project “Escuelas 2001” which seeks to implement charter schools in San Luis, Argentina. The analysis is based on a two-fold approach: on the one hand, it takes into consideration the logic underlying the design and implementation of this policy; on the other hand, it focuses on the actors’ views about education, the State and public institutions.
National Board Certified Teachers And Their Students' Achievement, Leslie G. Vandevoort, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, David C. Berliner
National Board Certified Teachers And Their Students' Achievement, Leslie G. Vandevoort, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, David C. Berliner
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… In this study we compare the academic performance of students in the elementary classrooms of 35 National Board Certified teachers and their non-certified peers, in 14 Arizona school districts. Board Certified teachers and their principals provide additional information about these teachers and their schools. ...
Democratic Education Across School Types: Evidence For The U.S. From Nhes99, Clive R. Belfield
Democratic Education Across School Types: Evidence For The U.S. From Nhes99, Clive R. Belfield
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This article reports on the differences in democratic education across school types, using the US National Household Education Survey (NHES) of 1999. We replicate the estimation approach of Campbell (1998) and find a strongly positive effect from attendance at Catholic school or private independent schools on community service participation, civic skills, civic confidence, political knowledge and political tolerance. The results are reasonably robust to alternative specifications. We consider the implications of these results for policy.
Co-Education And Gender: The End Of The Experiment?, Ian Clark
Co-Education And Gender: The End Of The Experiment?, Ian Clark
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This article has two inseparable aims: (a) to analyze the relative merits of single-sex and co-educational constructs on self-concept, academic performance and academic engagement; (b) to investigate the manner in which each type of schooling interacts with the individual student; student “peers,” close family, and teachers.
Voices From The Frontlines: Teachers' Perceptions Of High-Stakes Testing, Brett D. Jones, Robert J. Egley
Voices From The Frontlines: Teachers' Perceptions Of High-Stakes Testing, Brett D. Jones, Robert J. Egley
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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether teachers perceived Florida’s high-stakes testing program to be taking public schools in the right direction. More importantly, we sought to understand why teachers perceived the tests to be taking schools in the right or wrong direction. ...
Concepciones Sobre Curriculum, El Contenido Escolar Y El Profesor En Los Procesos De Elaboración De Textos Curriculares En Argentina, Alejandra Amantea, Graciela Cappelletti, Estela Cols, Silvina Feeney
Concepciones Sobre Curriculum, El Contenido Escolar Y El Profesor En Los Procesos De Elaboración De Textos Curriculares En Argentina, Alejandra Amantea, Graciela Cappelletti, Estela Cols, Silvina Feeney
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
This work analyzes curriculum development processes that have taken place in Argentina during the period 1980-2000. The purpose of this article is to identify the main trends in the conceptions used by the key actors/designers of curriculum for school content, curricular texts and teachers ́ place as interpreters of curricular texts. ...
Qualidade E Eqüidade Na Educação Básica Brasileira: A Evidência Do Saeb-2001, José Francisco Soares
Qualidade E Eqüidade Na Educação Básica Brasileira: A Evidência Do Saeb-2001, José Francisco Soares
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This work uses data from SAEB–National System for Evaluation of Basic Education–to describe the cognitive achievement of 4th, 8th and 11th grade Brazilian basic education students. The achievement is measured on a scale that is the same for all grade levels. The test items are chosen to cover a synthesis of the curriculum frameworks of all Brazilian states. The achievement level of the great majority of the students does not meet the officially recommended levels. ...
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools Accreditation: Impact On Elementary Student Performance, Darlene Y. Bruner, Lance Lamar Brantley
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools Accreditation: Impact On Elementary Student Performance, Darlene Y. Bruner, Lance Lamar Brantley
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Currently, 848 Georgia public elementary schools that house third- and fifth-grades in the same building use the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation as a school improvement model. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether elementary schools that are SACS accredited increased their levels of academic achievement at a higher rate over a five-year period than elementary schools that were not SACS accredited as measured by the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS). ...
Colorado's Voucher Law: Examining The Claim Of Fiscal Neutrality, Kevin G. Welner
Colorado's Voucher Law: Examining The Claim Of Fiscal Neutrality, Kevin G. Welner
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Colorado's voucher law was declared unconstitutional by the Colorado Supreme Court on June 28, 2004. Voucher supporters have begun drafting revised legislation designed to address the legal problem. This article calls into question the key financial claim of revenue neutrality—a claim that was central to the promotion and passage of the departing voucher law. ...
Modeling School Choice: A Comparison Of Public, Private-Independent, Private-Religious And Home-Schooled Students, Clive R. Belfield
Modeling School Choice: A Comparison Of Public, Private-Independent, Private-Religious And Home-Schooled Students, Clive R. Belfield
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U.S. students now have four choices of schooling: public schooling, private–religious schooling, private–independent schooling, and home-schooling. … Here, we use two recent large-scale datasets to assess the school enrollment decision: the first is the National Household Expenditure Survey (1999), and the second is micro-data on SAT test-takers in 2001. ...
High-Stakes Testing In The Warm Heart Of Africa: The Challenges And Successes Of The Malawi National Examinations Board, Elias Chakwera, Dafter Khembo, Stephen G. Sireci
High-Stakes Testing In The Warm Heart Of Africa: The Challenges And Successes Of The Malawi National Examinations Board, Elias Chakwera, Dafter Khembo, Stephen G. Sireci
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… The purposes of this paper are to (a) familiarize the measurement community in the US about Malawi’s assessment programs, (b) discuss some of the unique challenges inherent in such a program, (c) compare testing conditions and test administration formats between Malawi and the US, and (d) provide suggestions for improving large-scale testing in countries such as the US and Malawi. ...