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Wei, Thomas; Johnson, Erica – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2020
"The Every Student Succeeds Act" encourages educators to use school improvement strategies backed by rigorous research. This snapshot, based on national surveys administered in 2018, describes what guidance states provided on improvement strategies and how districts selected such strategies in lowest-performing schools. Most states…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evidence Based Practice
Liu, Kristi; Thurlow, Martha; Koo, Haesook; Barrera, Manuel – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
Previous work by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (K. Liu, Koo, Barrera, & Thurlow, 2008) documented that principals in 10 "successful" middle schools (defined as those making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) with ELLs and students with disabilities) were knowledgeable and concerned about the special education referral…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Middle Schools, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Keller, Sarah Ann – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine middle school principals' and teachers' perceptions of the current issues in middle school reading education and to identify the sources of information that these educators use and find helpful to keep informed reading issues. Participants were employed in the 14 middle schools of the Knox County School…
Descriptors: Principals, Middle School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Administrator Attitudes