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Brownlee, Steven Albert – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the effects of scientifically research based (SRB) teaching strategies on the learning of students living in poverty in a Educational Service Center (ESC) Region VI of East Texas. By interviewing teachers within academically successful campuses with high economically disadvantaged student populations, an accurate assessment was…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Educational Strategies
Booher-Jennings, Jennifer – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
Test-based accountability systems aim to direct the behavior of educators toward the improvement of student achievement. The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act codified accountability as the national educational blueprint, requiring schools to increase test scores incrementally so that all students are proficient in reading and math by 2014. Yet,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, High Stakes Tests, Ethnography, Accountability