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Direct linkVogler, Kenneth E. – Research in the Schools, 2019
The study focused on the impact of scheduling configurations on schools' middle-level social studies test performance levels and "barriers" affecting time allocated for social studies. Results of South Carolina's accountability assessment system's social studies seventh-grade performance levels in 117 schools, as well as a survey…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Social Studies, Accountability, Achievement Tests
Principal Leadership, 2010
Evolving from a school where teachers teach to a school where students learn is an intense process that demands honesty, collaboration, and focused effort. Tefft Middle School in Streamwood, IL, a suburban/urban area west of Chicago, has made that effort. Its 760 students in grades 7 and 8 are highly diverse economically and ethnically. Principal…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, State Standards, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Change
Download full textHerman, Rebecca; Huberman, Mette – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
The TALPS study aims to build on the existing research base to develop promising methodologies to identify chronically low-performing and turnaround schools, as well as to identify promising strategies for turning around chronically low-performing schools. By looking specifically at schools identified as turnaround, in comparison to nonturnaround…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Educational Practices, Instructional Leadership, Accountability
EdSource, 2011
This playbook draws from the findings of "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades," the largest empirical study of this grade level conducted to date. The "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades" study was designed to find out what higher-performing schools do differently. The result is a compelling set of specific, actionable…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Administrator Role, Academic Achievement
Williams, Trish; Haertel, Edward; Kirst, Michael W. – EdSource, 2011
This report is a follow-up to "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades" (Williams, Kirst, Haertel, et al., 2010). That study specified a comprehensive set of actionable practices that differentiated higher academic achievement among 303 middle grades schools in California. In doing so, the study provided a compelling and coherent account of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Practices
EdSource, 2010
This study contributes to the field by identifying a broad range of traditional and newer middle grade policies and practices, and determining in California which of these differentiate higher- from lower-performing schools serving similar student populations, with performance measured by the state's standards-based tests. Based on a sample of 303…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Cooperative Planning, Mathematics Teachers
EdSource, 2010
In the 2008-09 school year researchers from EdSource and Stanford University conducted a large-scale study of 303 middle grades schools in California. The team surveyed 303 principals, 3,752 English Language Arts (ELA) and math teachers in grades 6-8, and 157 superintendents of the districts and charter management organizations that oversee the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Cooperative Planning, Mathematics Teachers
