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Implementation of the Common Core State Standards. A Policy Research Brief
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National Council of Teachers of English, 2013
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA), designed to make students college and career ready, were released in June 2010, and have since been adopted by 45 states seeking to be eligible for Race to the Top funds offered by the US Department of Education. The states that signed on with the CCSS agreed to fully…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, Language Arts
Measure for Measure: The Relationship between Measures of Instructional Practice in Middle School English Language Arts and Teachers' Value-Added Scores
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Grossman, Pam; Loeb, Susanna; Cohen, Julie; Wyckoff, James – American Journal of Education, 2013
Over the past 2 years, educational policy makers have focused much of their attention on issues related to teacher effectiveness. The Obama Administration has made teacher evaluation and teacher quality a central feature of many of its educational policies, including Race to the Top (RTTT), Investing in Innovation (i3), and the Teacher Incentive…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Innovation, Incentives