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Direct linkFisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy – Journal of Staff Development, 2016
The following comment was inspired by an English teacher at Health Sciences High & Middle College in San Diego, California: "There's still a question on the table. How can we get our students to read more and better? They read what they have to, and they're doing OK, but how do we ensure that they are ready for what comes after high…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Goal Orientation, Reading Skills, Reading Habits
Download full textBorman, Trisha H.; Bos, Johannes M.; O'Brien, Brenna C.; Park, So Jung; Liu, Feng – American Institutes for Research, 2018
The Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) model is a comprehensive, strength-based approach to education that aims to improve achievement for all students by improving a school's effectiveness at building relationships, leveraging real-time student data, and capitalizing on the strengths of each student. The U.S. Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Models, Program Effectiveness, High Schools, Program Evaluation
Diamond, James; Gonzalez, Pilar Carmina – Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, Inc, 2014
This study contributes knowledge about how a digital badge system integrated into an online, subject-matter-specific, and competency-based professional development (PD) program affected teachers' experiences with and perceptions of the program activities. The report presents findings from a one-year exploratory study of an online PD program, and…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Information Storage, Online Courses, Faculty Development
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about California High School Exit Examination, a comprehensive standards-based exam. The purpose of the exam is to: (1) Determine prospective high school graduates' knowledge and skill levels relative to those needed for entry-level employment; (2) Determine prospective high school graduates' mastery of the state…
Descriptors: High Schools, Academic Failure, High School Graduates, Exit Examinations
Thompson, Gail; Madhuri, Marga; Taylor, Deborah – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2008
Two pressing education reforms entail improving students' reading skills and improving high schools in the United States. In this article, the authors focus on both of these issues by adding the voices of students in an underperforming high school to the discussion about reading reform. We present the results of a larger study pertaining…
Descriptors: High Schools, Focus Groups, Educational Change, Reading Skills
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) NCLB Anniversary Prompts Renewed Calls for Reauthorization: Growth Models, High School Reform Emerge as Points of…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Educational Change, Public Education, High Schools
Peer reviewedMiller, Douglas E. – Social Studies Review, 1987
Reviews recent research on reading comprehension and textbook content and provides examples of several instructional strategies designed to aid students in understanding textbook passages. (JDH)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, High Schools, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
