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Direct linkOberle, Alex – Journal of Geography, 2020
Designed for middle school grades, the National Geographic Geo-Inquiry Process engages students in geographic inquiry that begins with formulating a question that addresses an issue in the local community and ends with taking informed action to advocate for a specific, concrete solution. This research employs a pretest and post-test in classrooms…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Geography Instruction, Local Issues
Killion, Joellen – Learning Forward, 2013
Given what system leaders must accomplish with limited resources, they must make bold decisions about their current investments to achieve high-priority goals related to implementing college- and career-ready standards. This workbook is designed to guide users through a five-step process of understanding what professional learning is available in…
Descriptors: Workbooks, Professional Education, Professional Development, Learning Activities
Download full textThompson, Carla J. – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2012
Improving student performance for high-need student populations by improving the use of data in decision-making for early reading intervention programs in northwest Florida is the focus of this research to practice effort. The study is conceptually based on using a relational-feedback intervention (RFI) database model in early learning…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Data Collection
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2004
With the support of the Education Cabinet, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation launched the Professional Development Initiative in early 2004. The Initiative's Implementation Work Group focused on four key areas to enhance North Carolina's system of professional development for K-12 teachers. Those areas were: (1) Professional Development Online…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Online Systems
Mitchell, Carrie Lynn – Online Submission, 2007
This study examines the impact of 2 professional learning community (PLC) classroom practices on the English Language Arts achievement of California's most at-risk subgroups between selected higher- and lower-performing elementary schools in a southern California school district. The conclusions from this study agree with the body of research,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Arts, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
Smith, Mark; And Others – 1992
This manual is intended to help people working in local libraries collect and report statistics about what they do and complete the Texas State Library annual report form. Texas uses the annual reports to determine whether local libraries are eligible for membership in the Texas library system. Definitions and explanations are given for…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Data Collection, Eligibility
Epper, Rhonda Martin – 1999
This paper analyzes data from a 1998 survey of state academic officers that covered state policies related to distance education technology. Concerning general planning issues, the survey found most respondents rated "overall coordination and planning" as highly important, and that 22 states have a formal technology plan in place (Web…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, 2005
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004 established a requirement that all states develop and submit to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) a performance plan designed to improve the educational and functional outcomes for children with disabilities. The state plan must…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, State Standards, Educational Indicators
Stapleton, Julia A. – 1987
Software and computer management systems that enable educators to manage the monitoring of student progress in acquiring skills for the High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) and other standardized tests used in New Jersey schools are described in this study. Focus is on the data collection components for student skill proficiency using the computer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Computer Managed Instruction
TIU Adult Education and Job Training Center, Lewistown, PA. – 1999
This document contains the final report and selected materials and products from Project Learner Goals, a project undertaken to assist the Pennsylvania Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) in describing the form and content of project learner activities (activities serving short-term learner goals) within an ABLE-funded program and,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies
Venezia, Andrea; Kirst, Michael W.; Usdan, Michael D. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. The New York Board of Regents oversees all education in the state and has been in place for over 200 years; this lends the regents' office a legitimacy and tradition unlike any other state education…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Governing Boards
Venezia, Andrea; Kirst, Michael W. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. Oregon has been a leader in K-16 reform through its development of the Proficiency-based Admission Standards System (PASS), which articulated postsecondary expectations and linked them with K-12…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Educational Change
