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Folsom, Jessica Sidler; Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara; Herrington, Carolyn – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2015
This report describes the results of a REL Southeast study using the Florida Department of Education staffing database to describe the demographic make-up, Florida Educator Certificate coverages, career paths from 2001/02 to 2011/12, and evaluation ratings of Florida's educational leaders (i.e., assistant principals and principals) in the 2011/12…
Descriptors: Principals, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, Administrator Characteristics
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Lockwood, J. R.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Marsh, Julie – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2010
Many policymakers suggest that school-based reading coaches can improve teachers' practice, which consequently will improve students' literacy skills. Although reading coaches are increasingly prevalent in schools nationwide, empirical evidence for their effects on student achievement is scarce. This article helps to address this gap by conducting…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Literacy
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
Now that all 50 states and the District of Columbia are building statewide longitudinal data systems, the next step is to ensure that the information in these systems is used to improve student learning. The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) has identified 10 actions that states can take to ensure that the right data are available and accessible and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Feedback (Response), High School Graduates, Graduation Rate
Stephenson, Robert S. – 1985
Almost 19,000 Dade County Public School students--all the members of the 8th grade cohort in June 1980--were followed across four and a half years in a study of dropouts. Major findings include the following: (1) at the end of the follow-up period, 29.5% of the cohort had dropped out (19% of Asians, 26.4% of Whites, 29.3% of Hispanics, and 33.9%…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Cohort Analysis, Dropout Rate