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The Case That Won't Go Away: Beseiged Institutions And The Massachusetts Teacher Tests, Larry H. Ludlow, Dennis Shirley, Camelia Rosca
The Case That Won't Go Away: Beseiged Institutions And The Massachusetts Teacher Tests, Larry H. Ludlow, Dennis Shirley, Camelia Rosca
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Teacher testing was inaugurated in Massachusetts in 1998 and a 59% failure rate among test-takers led to public shaming of the teacher candidates and their colleges and universities in the media. Within a two-year time period, low-performing teacher education programs in Massachusetts initiated a wide range of test preparatory activities which led to a dramatic increase in their students' pass rates. The authors separate colleges and universities into three categories and examine their differentiated responses to teacher testing. Their finding that institutions of higher education have responded effectively to teacher testing does not preclude critique of teacher testing as currently …
K-12 Voucher Programs And Education Policy: An Exploratory Study Of Policy Maker Attitudes And Opinions, Dan Laitsch
K-12 Voucher Programs And Education Policy: An Exploratory Study Of Policy Maker Attitudes And Opinions, Dan Laitsch
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… This study used a researcher designed survey to examine policy maker attitudes toward education and education reform in general, as well as the issue of vouchers more specifically. ...
An Overview Of Private Education Development In Modern China, Zeyu Xu
An Overview Of Private Education Development In Modern China, Zeyu Xu
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… This paper looked into the modern history of private education in China and found that such a huge resurgence of private education is rooted in the heritage of private education in the Chinese society. Private schools were the precursor of modern Chinese education. ...
Senior School Board Officials' Perceptions Of A National Achievement Assessment Program, Marielle Simon, Renée Forgette-Giroux
Senior School Board Officials' Perceptions Of A National Achievement Assessment Program, Marielle Simon, Renée Forgette-Giroux
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The School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) has been collecting data across Canada on 13- and 16-year-old student achievement in mathematics, in science, and in reading and writing since 1993. In 1999, it completed its second assessment cycle and was reviewed in Spring 2000. The review design included a survey of officials from all the school boards/districts that participated in the science assessment program held in 1999. ...
Assessment Of A Socio-Constructivist Model For Teacher Training: A Case Study, Luiz Antonio Joia
Assessment Of A Socio-Constructivist Model For Teacher Training: A Case Study, Luiz Antonio Joia
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This article assesses a socio-constructivist model for training K-12 teachers in Brazil, in the use of Informatics in education. The method applied combines both face-to-face exchanges and a WEB-based distance approach made possible by Internet technology. The characteristics of such training and its main objectives are analyzed according to the collected data presented. ...
Attracting Principals To The Superintendency: Conditions That Make A Difference To Principals, Aimee Howley, Edwina Pendarvis, Thomas Gibbs
Attracting Principals To The Superintendency: Conditions That Make A Difference To Principals, Aimee Howley, Edwina Pendarvis, Thomas Gibbs
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Responding to a perceived shortage of school superintendents in Ohio as well as elsewhere in the nation, this study examined the conditions of the job that make it attractive or unattractive as a career move for principals. ...
Legislating Equity: The Distribution Of Emergency Permit Teachers In California, Laura Goe
Legislating Equity: The Distribution Of Emergency Permit Teachers In California, Laura Goe
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There is a significant negative relationship between the percentage of teachers on emergency permits and student achievement at the school level in California schools, after controlling for other student and school characteristics. Generally, the more emergency permit teachers there are in a school, the lower the school's achievement. This phenomenon is examined in the context of other contributors to student achievement such as socio-economic status and school size. ...
The Original Ten: A Multisite Case Study Of Florida's Millennium High School Reform Model, Carol A. Mullen
The Original Ten: A Multisite Case Study Of Florida's Millennium High School Reform Model, Carol A. Mullen
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This study should have immediate utility for the United States and beyond its borders. School-to-work approaches to comprehensive reform are increasingly expected of schools while legislative funding for this purpose gets pulled back. This multisite case study launches the first analysis of the New Millennium High School (NMHS) model in Florida. ...
Recovering Policy Implementation: Understanding Implementation Through Informal Communication, Lee S. Duemer
Recovering Policy Implementation: Understanding Implementation Through Informal Communication, Lee S. Duemer
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This study identifies themes in the theoretical literature on policy implementation that can then be used to develop a research-based framework for the scholar about how qualitative research can be used to analyze policy implementation through the investigation of informal and formal communication lines. ...
The Effectiveness Of "Teach For America" And Other Under-Certified Teachers On Student Academic Achievement: A Case Of Harmful Public Policy, Ildiko Laczko-Kerr, David C. Berliner
The Effectiveness Of "Teach For America" And Other Under-Certified Teachers On Student Academic Achievement: A Case Of Harmful Public Policy, Ildiko Laczko-Kerr, David C. Berliner
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The academic achievements of students taught by under-certified primary school teachers were compared to the academic achievements of students taught by regularly certified primary school teachers. This sample of under-certified teachers included three types of under-qualified personnel: emergency, temporary and provisionally certified teachers. One subset of these under-certified teachers was from the national program "Teach For America (TFA)."
Research And Rhetoric On Teacher Certification: A Response To "Teacher Certification Reconsidered", Linda Darling-Hammond
Research And Rhetoric On Teacher Certification: A Response To "Teacher Certification Reconsidered", Linda Darling-Hammond
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… This article documents the many inaccuracies in the Abell Foundation paper and describes the actual findings of many of the studies it purports to review, as well as the findings of other studies it ignores. ...
The Geographical Distribution Of Teacher Absenteeism In Large Urban School District Settings: Implications For School Reform Efforts Aimed At Promoting Equity And Excellence In Education, James E. Bruno
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… This study combines school district data gathering mechanisms on teacher absence rates at school sites with Geographical Information Systems (G.I.S.) to map the association between a school's geographical environmental space and the propensity for teacher absence.
The Question Of The Student In Educational Reform, David P. Ericson, Frederick S. Ellett Jr.
The Question Of The Student In Educational Reform, David P. Ericson, Frederick S. Ellett Jr.
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In pursuing the goals of educational reform over the past several decades, educational policy makers have focused on teachers, administrators, and school structures as keys to higher educational achievement. As the would-be beneficiaries of reform, students, and their interaction with the educational system, have been almost entirely overlooked in the pursuit of educational excellence. ...
Teacher Inequality: New Evidence On Disparities In Teachers' Academic Skills, Andrew J. Wayne
Teacher Inequality: New Evidence On Disparities In Teachers' Academic Skills, Andrew J. Wayne
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… This article turns attention to teachers' academic skills. National data on teachers' entrance examination scores and college selectivity reveal substantial disparities by school poverty level. The findings commend attention to the gap in academic skills in the formulation of future policy and research on the teacher quality gap.
A Case Study Of Professional Development Expenditures At A Restructured High School, Sarah Archibald, H. Alix Gallagher
A Case Study Of Professional Development Expenditures At A Restructured High School, Sarah Archibald, H. Alix Gallagher
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This article is an analysis of professional development spending in a recently restructured urban high school. This study describes the school's restructuring effort, the ways in which professional development in the school supports the effort, and the ways in which the school reallocated resources to create funds for professional development spending.
Elm Street School: A Case Study Of Professional Development Expenditures, H. Alix Gallagher
Elm Street School: A Case Study Of Professional Development Expenditures, H. Alix Gallagher
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This article addresses the question of how much is spent on teachers' professional development. A review of the literature finds two problems that have frequently led to inaccurate estimates of professional development spending: 1) the accounting codes that are used in many studies provide little description of spending, and 2) studies generally focus on district or state expenditures for professional development, but do not collect data on school-level spending. ...
Policy And Practice: Restructuring Teachers' Work, Lisa Kirtman
Policy And Practice: Restructuring Teachers' Work, Lisa Kirtman
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Despite repeated attempts to reform schools, teachers' work has remained surprisingly stable. The purpose of this study was to investigate implementation of a state-funded restructuring initiative that intended broad changes in teachers' professional roles. ...
Lake Woebeguaranteed: Misuse Of Test Scores In Massachusetts, Part I, Walt Haney
Lake Woebeguaranteed: Misuse Of Test Scores In Massachusetts, Part I, Walt Haney
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Misuse of test results in Massachusetts largely guarantees woes for both students and schools. Analysis of annual test score averages for close to 1000 Massachusetts schools for four years (1998–2001) shows that test score gains in one testing period tend to be followed by losses in the next. School averages are especially volatile in relatively small schools (with less than 150 students tested per grade). ...
School-Based Management: Views From Public And Private Elementary School Principals, Mary T. Apodaca-Tucker, John R. Slate
School-Based Management: Views From Public And Private Elementary School Principals, Mary T. Apodaca-Tucker, John R. Slate
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In this study, we analyzed the principal questionnaire contained in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten (ECLS-K) database regarding the extent to which school-based management was reported as having been implemented differently by public and by private elementary school principals. ...
Affirmative Action In Higher Education: An Analysis Of Practices And Policies, Alfred R. Cade Jr.
Affirmative Action In Higher Education: An Analysis Of Practices And Policies, Alfred R. Cade Jr.
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This study analyzed the variations of policies and practices of university personnel in their use of affirmative action programs for African American students. In this study, the policy topic is affirmative action and the practices used in admissions, financial aid, and special support services for African-American students. Surveys were mailed to 231 subjects representing thirty-two Missouri colleges and universities. Most of the survey respondents were male, white, and nearly two-thirds were above the age of forty. ...
The Possibility Of Reform: Micropolitics In Higher Education, Susan Haag, Mary Lee Smith
The Possibility Of Reform: Micropolitics In Higher Education, Susan Haag, Mary Lee Smith
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The purpose of this case study was to examine the restructuring of an institution of higher education's teacher preparation program and to assess the possibility for systemic reform. Although teacher education represents a vital link in not only the educational system but in curricular reform, the increased expectations for educational reform made this institution unavoidably more political. ...
The Amalgamation Of Chinese Higher Education Institutions, David Y. Chen
The Amalgamation Of Chinese Higher Education Institutions, David Y. Chen
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The 1990s witnessed revolutionary change in China's higher education system, particularly through radical mergers. The reform process and its background are detailed here, with a case study focusing on Zhejiang University. After nearly 15 years of painstaking effort, the reform goals for the higher education system have been met, and a decentralized, two-tiered administrative system has been installed. ...
Entrepreneurial Ambitions In The Public Sector: A Random Effects Model Of The Emergency Of Charter Schools In North Carolina, Linda A. Renzulli
Entrepreneurial Ambitions In The Public Sector: A Random Effects Model Of The Emergency Of Charter Schools In North Carolina, Linda A. Renzulli
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In this article, I study charter schools as social innovations within the population of established public educational institutions. I begin by briefly outlining the history of public schools in the United States. I apply organizational theories to explain the perpetuation of the structure of public schools since World War II. ...
High-Stakes Testing, Uncertainty, And Student Learning, Audrey L. Amrein, David C. Berliner
High-Stakes Testing, Uncertainty, And Student Learning, Audrey L. Amrein, David C. Berliner
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A brief history of high-stakes testing is followed by an analysis of eighteen states with severe consequences attached to their testing programs. These 18 states were examined to see if their high-stakes testing programs were affecting student learning, the intended outcome of high-stakes testing policies promoted throughout the nation. ...
Quantifying Quality: What Can The U.S. News And World Report Rankings Tell Us About The Quality Of Higher Education?, Marguerite Clarke
Quantifying Quality: What Can The U.S. News And World Report Rankings Tell Us About The Quality Of Higher Education?, Marguerite Clarke
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… he research presented here addresses two of the most common criticisms of the methodology used to produce these rankings. In particular, this study answers the following questions: What is the extent of change in U.S. News' ranking formulas across years and what are the implications for interpreting shifts in a school's rank over time? How precise is the overall score that U.S. News uses to rank schools and what are the implications for assigning schools to discrete ranks? ...
Japanese Higher Education Policy In Korea During The Colonial Period (1910-1945), Jeong-Kyu Lee
Japanese Higher Education Policy In Korea During The Colonial Period (1910-1945), Jeong-Kyu Lee
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The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of Japanese nationalistic thought on the administrative systems and structures of colonial and modern higher education in Korea, as well as to analyze Japanese higher educational policy in Korea during the colonial period (1910-1945). ...
How Schools Matter: The Link Between Teacher Classroom Practices And Student Academic Performance, Harold Wenglinsky
How Schools Matter: The Link Between Teacher Classroom Practices And Student Academic Performance, Harold Wenglinsky
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… The current study explores the link between classroom practices and student academic performance by applying multilevel modeling to the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress in mathematics. The study finds that the effects of classroom practices, when added to those of other teacher characteristics, are comparable in size to those of student background, suggesting that teachers can contribute as much to student learning as the students themselves.
¿Exito En California? A Validity Critique Of Language Program Evaluations And Analysis Of English Learner Test Scores, Marilyn S. Thompson, Kristen E. Dicerbo, Kate Mahoney, Jeff Macswan
¿Exito En California? A Validity Critique Of Language Program Evaluations And Analysis Of English Learner Test Scores, Marilyn S. Thompson, Kristen E. Dicerbo, Kate Mahoney, Jeff Macswan
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… We first discuss the background, media coverage, and previous research associated with California's Proposition 227. We then present a series of validity concerns regarding use of Stanford-9 achievement data to address policy for educating LEP students; these concerns include the language of the test, alternative explanations, sample selection, and data analysis decisions. Finally, we present a comprehensive summary of scaled-score achievement means and trajectories for California's LEP and non-LEP students for 1998-2000. Our analyses indicate that although scores have risen overall, the achievement gap between LEP and EP students does not appear to be narrowing.
Technical And Ethical Issues In Indicator Systems: Doing Things Right And Doing Wrong Things, Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon, Peter Tymms
Technical And Ethical Issues In Indicator Systems: Doing Things Right And Doing Wrong Things, Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon, Peter Tymms
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
Most indicator systems are top-down, published, management systems, addressing primarily the issue of public accountability. In contrast we describe here a university-based suite of "grass-roots," research-oriented indicator systems that are now subscribed to, voluntarily, by about 1 in 3 secondary schools and over 4,000 primary schools in England. ...
The Power-Discourse Relationship In A Croatian Higher Education Setting, Renata Fox, John Fox
The Power-Discourse Relationship In A Croatian Higher Education Setting, Renata Fox, John Fox
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Croatian higher education system's public space is researched through a critical analysis of a Croatian faculty's discourse. Representing a typical faculty social situation, two council meetings— recorded in minutes—are critiqued. Both meetings' minutes provide evidence of discourse strategies of deception used by faculty power holders to create an illusion of consent. We attribute the success of the deception to council members' ideas about the Faculty's groups/individuals, relations and issues related to the Faculty's hierarchy, their rank within that hierarchy, and their position within the Faculty's social network. To support our argument, we explore how the Faculty power holders' discourse is …