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Warren, Paul – Public Policy Institute of California, 2014
California is in the midst of a major K-12 reform effort. In 2010, the state adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which outline what students should know in mathematics and English. In 2013, it adopted tests of the new standards developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Collaborative (SBAC). These tests will be administered beginning…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Common Core State Standards, Academic Standards
Strunk, Katharine O.; McEachin, Andrew – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Building on Strunk, McEachin, and Westover (2011), the authors examine whether or not District Assistance and Intervention Teams (DAITs) have a differential impact on student performance across school and student characteristics. They use a quasi-experimental design to examine the impacts of DAITs on student achievement on math and English…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Federal Legislation, Achievement Gains
Hanna, Robert – Center for American Progress, 2013
Since Congress enacted the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965, the federal government has emphasized states' shared responsibility for improving student achievement. When Congress reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act, it called upon states to provide technical support to…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Change, State Policy, State Government
Scott, Caitlin – Center on Education Policy, 2009
This report describes how California is providing direct intervention to improve structures and processes in districts, which is intended over time to improve curriculum, instruction, and student achievement at the school level. For districts subject to federal Corrective Action under NCLB, California's approach is "top down" in that…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Compliance (Legal), Case Studies, Technical Assistance