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Keaton, Patrick – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
This report presents findings on the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States and other jurisdictions in the 2010-11 school year, using data from the Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system. The CCD is an annual collection of data that are reported…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Charter Schools, Magnet Schools, Rural Areas
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2016
Since 1986, Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) has conducted an annual attrition study to track the number and percent of students in Texas who are lost from public secondary school enrollment prior to graduation. The study builds on the series of studies that began when IDRA conducted the first comprehensive study of school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Student Attrition, Dropouts, School Holding Power
Baylis, Juvinell – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Federal and state guidelines direct students with disabilities to the least restrictive environment (LRE). The inclusion of students with disabilities in the LRE (general education) has been an issue for many public schools. In an effort to promote inclusive education for students with disabilities, many special education teacher-chairpersons…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, General Education, Disabilities, Decision Making
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National Center for Special Education Research, 2014
In March 2014, The National Center for Education Research (NCER) and the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER), in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education, convened a Technical Working Group (TWG) of practitioners to provide input on research needs in education and how research could be more…
Descriptors: Researchers, Research Needs, Advisory Committees, State Departments of Education
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Lazarev, Valeriy; Newman, Denis – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
Teacher evaluation is currently a major policy issue at all levels of the K-12 system driven in large part by current US Department of Education requirements. The main objective of this study is to explore the patterns of relationship between observational scores and value-added measures of teacher performance in math classrooms and the variation…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Observation, Scores, Value Added Models
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Morrison, Michelle – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2011
Mathematics is a critical part of academic preparation of the middle school child, or, as Dr. Maria Montessori would refer to them, children in the third plane of development. Montessori educators are sincere in their endeavors not only to prepare young students for further studies of math and the application of math in their world and careers,…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Montessori Method, Department Heads, Middle School Students
Johnson, Roy L.; Montes, Felix – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2015
Since 1986, Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) has conducted an annual attrition study to track the number and percent of students in Texas who are lost from public secondary school enrollment prior to graduation. The study builds on the series of studies that began when IDRA conducted the first comprehensive study of school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Student Attrition, Dropouts, School Holding Power
Reform Support Network, 2015
Over the past decade, national initiatives have shifted States' attention to the challenge of turning around low-performing schools. The lack of consistent, dramatic improvements in the lowest-performing schools reflects the severity of the school turnaround challenge, but also suggests the need to continuously evaluate and refine turnaround…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Educational Improvement, School Effectiveness, State Departments of Education
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Paul, David R.; Scruggs, Philip W.; Goc Karp, Grace; Ransdell, Lynda B.; Robinson, Clay; Lester, Michael J.; Gao, Yong; Petranek, Laura J.; Brown, Helen; Shimon, Jane M. – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: Several states have implemented childhood obesity surveillance programs supported by legislation. Representatives from Idaho wished to develop a model for childhood obesity surveillance without the support of state legislation, and subsequently report predictors of overweight and obesity in the state. Methods: A coalition comprised of…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Test Construction, Obesity, Body Weight
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Lux, Nicholas J.; Grimberg, Bruna Irene; Nollmeyer, Gustave E.; Swanson, Elisabeth – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2014
Intent on building inquiry-based digital science learning experiences for K-5 students, this research study began with the formation of a tight partnership between state and local educational agencies, higher education, and university scientists and researchers. The primary focus of this partnership was to deliver high-quality, inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Inquiry, Elementary School Science, Partnerships in Education
Weinstein, Meryle; Whitesell, Emilyn Ruble; Leardo, Michele – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2014
Informal science education institutions have been identified as critical participants in helping students succeed in science by working in collaboration with school systems across the country. The results of one such collaboration, the Urban Advantage (UA) program found that participation in UA improved student achievement, on average, by 0.6…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Program Descriptions, Institutional Characteristics, Best Practices
Baker, Linda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This ethnographic case study examined the roles of district and school macro-culture and teacher sub-group micro-culture in influencing the nature and extent of teachers' professional collaboration. Informed by the sociocognitive theory that learning is rooted in social relationships and develops through interpersonal discourse and activity, the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Schools, Leadership Styles, Cooperation
Boser, Ulrich – Center for American Progress, 2013
Far too often, school leaders fail to consider how technology might dramatically improve teaching and learning, and schools frequently acquire digital devices without discrete learning goals and ultimately use these devices in ways that fail to adequately serve students, schools, or taxpayers. Because of a growing debate concerning spending on…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Outcomes of Education, National Surveys
Lisy-Macan, Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation was designed to answer the following question. What are elementary and middle school principals' theories of action in two rural school districts? Sub-questions included the superintendent-principal relationship and its influence on the principal's theories of action and the extent to which rural context impacts…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Crone, Deanne A.; Stoolmiller, Michael; Baker, Scott K.; Fien, Hank – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
The primary aim of the Middle School Intervention Project (MSIP) is to evaluate the impact of a multi-component intervention for struggling adolescent readers on reading outcomes. The intervention consists of: (1) targeted, Tier 2 reading and (2) school engagement interventions, and (3) data-based-decision-making (DBDM) teams to review and act on…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Grade 5
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