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Direct linkWalerstein, Chad E. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Parent and community involvement has always been a part of the public education system; from its inception in the early American colonies, local community control was a hallmark of schools. Today, with mandates present in the No Child Left Behind Act, the Race to the Top legislation, and amidst more pressing international comparisons, educators…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Participation, Accountability, Human Capital
Nedley, Lenni D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this embedded, mixed methods, research study was to acquire knowledge regarding the Pennsylvania Educator Effectiveness system while connecting teacher effectiveness with student achievement. The sample size consisted of five administrators and 18 public school teachers. The teachers taught mathematics in grades 4 through 8 at a…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Public School Teachers
Gottlieb, Derek – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Following up on the educational reform initiatives of the 1990s and early 2000s, which are centered on the notion of accountability, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's Race to the Top initiative strives to bring such accountability down to the level of the individual teacher through the use of advanced statistical parsing of student achievement…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Federal Programs, Accountability, Teacher Effectiveness
Wells, Lauren Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002 emphasized holding schools accountable for student achievement and academic growth. Accountability was a continued focus as President Obama offered states Race to the Top funding if they included, among other changes, a focus on accountability and identifying low achieving schools. One Midwestern state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy, Accountability, Reputation
Schumacher, Joseph William – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the historical development of Elgin School District U-46's teacher appraisal system and teacher mentor program during the years of 1998-2010. In 1998 a formal mentor program was implemented for the first time in district history. Shortly thereafter, district and union leadership agreed to revamp the 25-year-old appraisal…
Descriptors: Mentors, Educational Change, Leadership, Teacher Evaluation
Wynder, Lawrence C., II – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Since "A Nation At Risk" (1954), a series of laws and key reform initiatives were passed to hold schools accountable for improving the quality of public education (e.g. "IASA," "Title 1," "NCLB," "RTTT"). These reform initiatives require that public schools undergo continuous change but simply…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alignment (Education), Charter Schools, Educational Environment
Fredericks, Juliane R. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study focused on the federal and Illinois State the reform legislation titled the Performance Evaluation Reform Act and Senate Bill 7. The Performance Evaluation Reform Act or "PERA" was created from collaboration between stakeholders as Illinois competed in a federal competition titled "Race to the Top." The legislation…
Descriptors: Political Influences, Educational Change, Federal Government, Educational Legislation
