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Holloway-Libell, Jessica; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Collins, Clarin – Educational Leadership, 2012
Recently, two of the authors (Amrein-Beardsley & Collins, 2012) studied the impact of Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS), a value-added model used to judge Houston teachers' performance. They examined the cases of four teachers who were terminated in summer 2011, at least in part because of their subpar EVAAS scores. Talking to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Models, School Districts
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Reis, Sally M.; Fogarty, Elizabeth A. – Educational Leadership, 2006
Over the past four years, educators and researchers from the University of Connecticut have worked with urban high-poverty schools to implement an alternative reading instruction program called the Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Reading (SEM-R). Based on Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model, the SEM-R works through planned enrichment experiences to…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Thinking Skills, Independent Reading, Urban Schools