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Martha J. Bailey; Peter Z. Lin; A. R. Shariq Mohammed; Alexa Prettyman – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2024
This article examines the role of the Great Depression in shaping the intergenerational mobility of some of the most upwardly mobile cohorts of the twentieth century. Using newly linked census and vital records from the Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-database, we examine the occupational and educational mobility of more…
Descriptors: Trauma, Economic Change, Economic Impact, Occupational Mobility
Shayla Wiggins Savage – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The number of low-performing schools has drastically increased since COVID-19. During the 2018-2019 school year, there were 488 low-performing schools (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2024). The number increased to 736 schools during the 2023- 2024 school year, a 50.8% increase (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction,…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Discipline, Teacher Persistence, Grades (Scholastic)
Reform Support Network, 2015
This publication summarizes the key discussion from experts in the field of measuring student growth during a convening held February 2015. Experts heard about two emerging approaches to measuring growth: Portfolios of student work samples and unit value-added models that provide teachers with timely and actionable feedback that they can use to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Portfolio Assessment, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness
Schulte, Ann C.; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Stevens, Joseph J.; Yel, Nedim; Tindal, Gerald; Anderson, Daniel; Elliott, Stephen N. – National Center on Assessment and Accountability for Special Education, 2017
This technical report is one of a series of four technical reports that describe the results of a study comparing eight alternative models for estimating school academic achievement using data from the Arizona, North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania accountability systems. The purpose of these reports was to evaluate a broad range of models…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Models, Computation, Comparative Analysis
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Smith, Malbert, III; Williamson, Gary L. – State Education Standard, 2016
Although debate about the adoption and implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has been extensive, there is unanimity on the importance of college and career readiness standards. If statewide assessments are not aligned to the workplace and college requirements of reading and comprehending more complex text, then states will keep…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, College Readiness
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Herrera, Sarah; Zhou, Chengfu; Petscher, Yaacov – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2017
The 2001 authorization of the No Child Left Behind Act and its standards and accountability requirements generated interest among state education agencies in Florida, Mississippi, and North Carolina, which are served by the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, in monitoring changes in student reading and math proficiency at the school level.…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Trend Analysis, Achievement Gap
Gardella, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Signed into Law on January 8, 2002, the 1,180 page No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) shifted the course of public education in America. For the first time accountability was firmly placed at the center of school operations by requiring a systematic approach to achieving reform and improving all areas of school life (Wanker & Christie, 2005). As…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Growth Models, Educational Indicators