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Olivia J. Cox; Emily Johns-O'Leary – Journal of Literacy Research, 2024
Using frame analysis, the present study examined the intersections of science of reading research, media coverage, and state literacy policy to explore how Colorado policy and media documents have defined reading achievement. It also analyzed the values, assumptions, and agendas within these definitions. It identified diagnostic frames that…
Descriptors: Documentation, Policy Analysis, State Policy, Literacy Education
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McHenry, Kristen L.; Flora, Bethany H. – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2017
A master plan in higher education is developed to address the academic and workforce needs of a particular state. The master plan helps serve as the roadmap for implementation of proposed strategies to reach state goals in education and degree attainment. In Tennessee, Drive to 55 is a state-wide effort to increase the number of Tennesseans with a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Statewide Planning, College Planning, Content Analysis
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Stosich, Elizabeth Leisy; Snyder, Jon; Wilczak, Katie – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
This paper reviews state strategies for incorporating performance assessment in policy and practice. Specifically, the paper reviews the use of performance assessment in 12 states in the Innovation Lab Network, a group committed to developing systems of assessment that provide meaningful measures of college and career readiness. This review…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Accountability
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Brodersen, R. Marc; Yanoski, David; Hyslop, Alisha; Imperatore, Catherine – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Career and technical education (CTE) programs of study are subject to rigorous state and federal accountability systems that provide information on key student outcomes. However, while these outcome measures can form a basis for identifying high- and low-performing programs, they are insufficient for answering underlying questions about how or why…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Accountability, Program Evaluation
Colorado Department of Education, 2006
In seeking a better match-up between the mission and the resources of the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), its senior leadership has not only been examining their own responsibility areas, but also the entire Department and how its highly varied components fit together. The starting point for this discussion paper was the State Board of…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Strategic Planning, Educational Finance, State Standards
Riegel, Rodney P.; Lovell, Ned B. – 1980
The phenomenon of minimum competency testing (MCT) is explored, beginning with its origins in public concern for educational accountability. Three major themes appearing in the states enacting prescriptive legislation are described: state standards/state test (Florida); state standards/local test (Oregon); and local standards/local test…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Administrative Problems, Community Attitudes