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Science Teachers' Learning: Enhancing Opportunities, Creating Supportive Contexts
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Wilson, Suzanne, Ed.; Schweingruber, Heidi, Ed.; Nielsen, Natalie, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2015
Currently, many states are adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or are revising their own state standards in ways that reflect the NGSS. For students and schools, the implementation of any science standards rests with teachers. For those teachers, an evolving understanding about how best to teach science represents a significant…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Education, Faculty Development, Standards
Families' Goals, School Involvement, and Children's Academic Achievement: A Follow-Up Study Thirteen Years Later
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Kyle, Diane W. – School Community Journal, 2011
A study conducted from 1996-2000 focused on the academic development of children within a statewide educational reform effort, including changing the organizational structure of the early years of schooling into nongraded primary programs (formerly age-based classrooms for kindergarteners through third grade). The multisite study involved children…
Descriptors: Expertise, Working Class, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
CSRQ Center Report on Elementary School Comprehensive School Reform Models: Educator's Summary
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Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (NJ3), 2008
Which comprehensive school reform programs have evidence of positive effects on elementary school achievement? To find out, this review summarizes evidence on comprehensive school reform (CSR) models in elementary schools, grades K-6. Comprehensive school reform models are programs used schoolwide to improve student achievement. They typically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Professional Development, Educational Change, Community Involvement