NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
No Child Left Behind Act 20011
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, 2023
The Alaska Science Assessment is administered annually statewide to students in grades 5, 8 and 10 and is a summative assessment designed to measure a student's knowledge of the "K-12 Science Standards for Alaska," which were adopted in June 2019. Summative assessments are designed to provide a snapshot of student, school, or program…
Descriptors: State Standards, Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Summative Evaluation
Carr, Renee – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
Social-emotional learning (SEL) has become an important trend in education; however, it is frequently overlooked at the high school level. Arguably, SEL is even more important at this level than other grade levels for the purposes of effective college and career readiness preparation. The inclusion of SEL into school accountability systems and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Social Emotional Learning, Educational Trends, High School Students
Villani, Susan; Mundry, Susan; Cobb, Velma; Henry, Susan; Schlanger, Phoebe; Shaffer, Susan; Basterra, Maria del Rosario – Center for Education Equity, Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, 2021
This guide is designed to help teachers and administrators use data to continuously improve equity in schools. Educators can also use data to engage students, parents/guardians, the community, and others who want to make positive changes in schools to increase equity. The purposes of the guide are to: (1) Introduce MAEC's Equity Audit Tools as a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Data Analysis, Audits (Verification), Educational Improvement
West Virginia Department of Education, 2015
The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) is committed to offering alternative educational opportunities to ensure student success, decrease the dropout rate and increase the graduation rate. Each of these opportunities includes a blend of Career Technical Education (CTE) and traditional core academic opportunities or a WVDE approved high…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Equivalency Programs, Nontraditional Education, Credits
Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2013
REL Pacific at McREL, 1 of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), serves educators in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawai'i, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research, Migrants, Pacific Islanders
Achieve, Inc., 2009
Achieve has put together a set of materials--"Taking Root: Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready Agenda"--that seeks to help states develop and implement strategies to support the sustainability of the college- and career-ready agenda. This sustainability audit was created for states to use to evaluate their own…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Sustainability, Educational Change
Ferraro, Jan; Houck, Bonnie; Klund, Sue; Hexum-Platzer, Sharon; Vortman-Smith, Jan – Minnesota Department of Education, 2006
The "Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development" has been designed to meet the cognitive needs of middle school through high school students whose reading performance ranges from those significantly below expectation through those reading at or above grade level. The reading needs of the population of students in need of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Class Size, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement
Learning Point Associates / North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), 2005
Literacy instruction does not end with reading success in early grades. As students move to middle and high school, new challenges emerge that can affect literacy achievement. Even for students who achieve early reading and writing success, the literacy demands of middle and high school can pose substantial challenges. Older students must be able…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Student Improvement, Adolescents, Literacy