ERIC Number: ED624758
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jul
Pages: 24
Abstractor: ERIC
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K-12 Education: Teachers Generally Responded Positively to Professional Learning at DOD Schools. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-22-105464
Nowicki, Jacqueline M.
US Government Accountability Office
Senate Report 117-39 and House Report 117-118 include provisions for Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess professional learning at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools. This report describes: DODEA's professional learning approach, results of DODEA teacher surveys, and how DODEA has addressed barriers teachers anticipated when implementing professional learning in the classroom. GAO analyzed about 130,000 closed-ended responses from DODEA's professional learning teacher surveys that covered summer 2018 through the end of 2021, the most recent period available. GAO also analyzed a nongeneralizable sample of open-ended survey comments on anticipated implementation barriers for the 2021-2022 school year, the most recent period available. In addition, GAO reviewed relevant federal laws, regulations, and agency guidance, and interviewed agency officials. GAO held four discussion groups with DODEA officials, which were selected for their familiarity with professional learning at DODEA, and held a separate civilian discussion group with professional learning specialists familiar with DODEA's professional learning standards.
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Military Schools, Military Training, Military Service, Professional Education, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, Barriers, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Academic Standards, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
US Government Accountability Office. 441 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20548. Tel: 202-512-6000; Web site: http://www.gao.gov
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: US Government Accountability Office
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