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Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each district that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in reading receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. This report presents the results for New York City Department of Education's student achievement in reading. In…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
Small, Ruth V.; Snyder, Jaime – School Library Media Research, 2009
This article reports the results of the second phase of a three-phase study on the impact of the New York State's school libraries' services and resources on student achievement and motivation. A representative sample of more than 1,600 classroom teachers, students, and school library media specialists (SMLSs) from 47 schools throughout New York…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness
Direct linkAndersen, Janet – American Biology Teacher, 2007
Secondary school educators are told to teach more mathematics and science to their students to help them become more proficient in the two subjects. Coordination of mathematics and science teaching is recognized as another means of improving proficiency. The National Science Foundation has funded the "Mathematics, Science and Technology…
Descriptors: Microbiology, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
Harnisch, Thomas L. – American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2009
Access to a quality, affordable college education remains a cornerstone of American economic and social development. Individuals from all backgrounds need the knowledge and skills afforded by higher education to compete in an increasingly integrated--and competitive--global economy. Greater educational attainment correlates with many positive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Financial Needs, Core Curriculum, Educational Attainment
Chacon, C.T. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2005
Teachers' sense of efficacy has been shown to influence teachers' actions and student outcomes. This study explored self-efficacy beliefs among English as a Foreign Language teachers in selected schools in Venezuela. Data were collected through a survey administered to 100 teachers. The Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (Tschannen-Moran &…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers, Middle Schools, Teaching Methods
National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Representative samples of fourth- and eighth-grade public school students from 21 urban districts participated in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics. Eighteen of the districts participating in the 2011 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) participated in earlier assessment years, while three districts…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Algebra, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities
National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Representative samples of fourth- and eighth-grade public school students from 21 urban districts participated in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading. Eighteen of the districts participating in the 2011 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) participated in earlier assessment years, while three districts…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Gallucci, Chrysan; Knapp, Michael S.; Markholt, Anneke; Ort, Suzanne – Teachers College Record, 2007
Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The purpose of the paper is to explore an instructive case in which two potentially opposed reform theories converge on schools, in order to understand how productively or unproductively the two theories coexist. We attempt to answer the following questions: Can these two reform theories coexist,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Research Design, Middle Schools, Community Schools
Rivas-Drake, Deborah; Hughes, Diane; Way, Niobe – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Recent research suggests that although ethnic discrimination may have negative consequences for psychological well-being among youth of Chinese descent as it does for other ethnic groups, ethnic identity beliefs may buffer against such effects. Data for this study were drawn from the Early Adolescent Cohort Study, an investigation of contextual…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Middle Schools, Peer Relationship, Grade 6
Wright, A. Jordan; Emmert-Aronson, Ben – Journal of School Counseling, 2008
The School Counselor Development Program (SCDP) was developed as a continuing education intervention for middle school counselors in the New York City Department of Education, focusing on six mental health issues relevant to their work with students. A pilot study was run with 21 New York City Public School counselors. This paper focuses on one of…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Suicide, School Counselors, Depression (Psychology)
Schlesinger, Warren; Cohen, Alan – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2009
The Foundation for Excellent Schools supports a nationwide project, the Century Program, to link 100 rural and inner city schools middle schools with 100 colleges and universities. The TDP goal is to increase college going awareness among middle school students from families where going to college is not a family or community tradition. This paper…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Development, Critical Thinking, Writing Skills
Sipe, Peter – Harvard Educational Review, 2004
In this article, Peter Sipe compares his first year as a middle school teacher in Brooklyn, New York, to that of a rookie corrections officer at Sing Sing prison. Sipe explores what he considers to be disturbing similarities in these experiences, namely, a preoccupation with control, immersion in an adversarial social dynamic, and the prevalence…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Beginning Teachers, Failure, Middle School Teachers
van Garderen, Delinda – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2008
A random sample of middle school special education teachers from various classroom settings completed a survey asking them about what instructional practices and materials they used to teach students with disabilities how to solve word problems, how much time they allocated to problem solving instruction, and what type of problems they gave their…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Transfer of Training, Problem Solving, Special Education Teachers
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 reading assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. Overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, comparison of the average score in 2009 to other…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2010
The 2009 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" provided a comprehensive review of states' policies that impact the teaching profession. As a companion to last year's comprehensive state-by-state analysis, the 2010 edition provides each state with an individualized "Blueprint for Change," building off last year's "Yearbook"…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Teacher Evaluation
