Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Author
| Barone, Diane | 1 |
| Belding, Juliana | 1 |
| Chen, Andrew | 1 |
| Christensen, Laurene | 1 |
| Dixon, Linda | 1 |
| Fennell, Francis | 1 |
| Fisher, Douglas | 1 |
| Frey, Nancy | 1 |
| Friedberg, Solomon | 1 |
| Howe, Roger | 1 |
| Jackson, Stephen | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| Higher Education | 2 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
Location
| Indiana | 6 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 |
| Maryland | 5 |
| Virginia | 5 |
| California | 4 |
| Georgia | 4 |
| Kansas | 4 |
| Michigan | 4 |
| Minnesota | 4 |
| New York | 4 |
| North Carolina | 4 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Major Field Achievement Test… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textFriedberg, Solomon; Barone, Diane; Belding, Juliana; Chen, Andrew; Dixon, Linda; Fennell, Francis; Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy; Howe, Roger; Shanahan, Tim – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2018
After the authors reviewed the "State of State Standards--and the Common Core--in 2010" they found that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were clearer and more rigorous than the English language arts (ELA) standards in 37 states and stronger than the math standards in 39 states. States were encouraged to adopt the CCSS. By 2013 the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Language Arts, Mathematics
Peer reviewed
Direct linkO'Brien, Christine Neylon; Powers, Richard E.; Wesner, Thomas L. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2018
This article provides information about the value of a core course in business law and why it remains essential to business education. It goes on to identify highly ranked undergraduate business programs that require one or more business law courses. Using "Business Week" and "US News and World Report" to identify top…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Business Administration Education, Law Related Education, Benchmarking
National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2014
States with an alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) that received a flexibility waiver from some of the requirements of No Child Left Behind are required to phase out their use of this assessment. And, on August 23, 2013, the U.S. Department of Education published a proposed rollback of regulation that allowed the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, State Standards
Lazarus, Sheryl; Thurlow, Martha; Christensen, Laurene; Shyyan, Vitaliy – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2014
Federal policy initiatives such as the flexibility waivers for accountability are requiring that states transition away from the use of an alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). It is expected that those students who had participated in that assessment will instead participate in the state's general assessment (or a…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Low Achievement
Jackson, Stephen; Remer, Casey – Hunt Institute, 2014
Improving teacher preparation is critical to long-term improvement in teacher quality. More than 200,000 new teachers enter classrooms each year. Increasing student enrollment, the retirement of baby boom generation teachers, and high attrition in their first five years (between 40 and 50 percent of new teachers leave the profession) have…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Teacher Effectiveness
Thurlow, Martha L. – 2001
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that examined the use of accommodations in state assessment by students with disabilities and explored several related factors. A survey of states indicated 12 states (Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and West…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Age Differences, Alternative Assessment
