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Ford, Timothy G.; Hewitt, Kim Kappler – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
In current teacher evaluation systems, the two main purposes of evaluation--accountability/goal accomplishment (summative) and professional growth/improvement (formative)--are often at odds with one another. However, they are not only compatible, but linking them within a unified teacher evaluation system may, in fact, be desirable. The challenge…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability
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Fox, Robert A.; Buchanan, Nina K.; Eckes, Suzanne E.; Basford, Letitia E. – Review of Research in Education, 2012
When first conceived, charter schools were envisioned as local projects initiated by parents and/or groups of teachers seeking to improve the educational performance of students. In the past two decades, the phenomenon has expanded to more than 5% of all U.S. public schools and almost 3% of all students (Center for Education Reform [CER], 2009).…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Goal Orientation, Educational Improvement, Ethnocentrism
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Heck, Ronald H.; Wolcott, Louise P. – Educational Policy, 1997
Proposes and tests a structural model of socialization factors possibly related to the successful completion of probationary teaching. Variables included individual demographics, professional socialization, organizational context, and teaching performance. Results of the LISREL covariance analysis supported the proposed model's construct validity.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Context Effect, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kenworthy, Sue – Educational Research Quarterly, 1994
Results from a study with 41 Hawaiian elementary school principals indicate that, although there is no significant difference in visionary leadership scores of principals from varying levels of school climate when covaried with psychological characteristics, there is a significant main effect for "capacity of status" on visionary…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Behavior Patterns, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
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Crymes, Ruth – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
A project in which seasoned immigrant students developed guidelines for the use of incoming non-English speaking immigrant students for a bilingual Korean and English text is described. The guidelines were used for orientation and follow-up discussions about school and language attitudes. (SW)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, English (Second Language), Followup Studies
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Bopp, P. Jayne; Juday, Timothy R.; Charters, Cloudia W. – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2004
Chrysalis is a weekly after-school drop-in group on O'ahu high school campuses for transgendered and questioning youth. Nine Chrysalis members, nine demographically matched TG youth, and five key informants participated in a study to evaluate program effectiveness in improving life skills and preventing HIV infection. Chrysalis members scored…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Promotion, After School Programs, High School Students
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Lee, Rebecca – Educational Perspectives, 2002
From its beginnings 25 years ago, the University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu (UH-West O'ahu) has strived to provide its students, mostly working adults with an average age of 32 years, with easy access to classes and advising by maintaining flexible class schedules and office hours. When UH-West O'ahu initiated a distance education program in 1981, the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Workshops