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Direct linkWoo, Ashley; Diliberti, Melissa Kay – RAND Corporation, 2023
Researchers draw on the American Instructional Resources Survey (AIRS) and interviews with 45 English language arts (ELA) and math teachers to examine the prevalence of different types of benchmark assessments and explore educators' perceptions about the extent to which benchmark assessments align with other components of their schools'…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Educational Assessment, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
Wang, Elaine Lin; Kaufman, Julia H.; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Doan, Sy; Woo, Ashley; Henry, Daniella – RAND Corporation, 2021
Policymakers and practitioners alike have increasingly positioned instructional materials as essential for achieving high-quality, standards-aligned instruction. State education agencies, school districts, and schools have looked to instructional materials to signal what to teach and to what depth for students to be on track to meet college- and…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education), State Standards
Wrabel, Stephani L.; Bush-Mecenas, Susan; Woo, Ashley – RAND Corporation, 2021
The U.S. Department of Education funds various types of technical assistance centers with the goal of providing the expertise and resources needed by state education agencies (SEAs), regional education agencies, and local education agencies (LEAs) to effectively implement federal education programs. Given the complexity of technical assistance for…
Descriptors: School Safety, Technical Assistance, School Districts, Federal Programs
Wang, Elaine Lin; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Doan, Sy; Henry, Daniella; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Woo, Ashley; Kaufman, Julia H. – RAND Corporation, 2021
The authors of this report build on past studies by using survey data from a nationally representative sample to examine how middle and high school English language arts (ELA) and mathematics teachers use and perceive their instructional materials in terms of engagement, challenge, and usability. In addition, the authors use interview data to…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Alignment (Education), State Standards, Academic Standards
Wang, Elaine Lin; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Kaufman, Julia H.; Woo, Ashley; Henry, Daniella – RAND Corporation, 2021
Just as teachers' perceptions of instructional materials influence what they do with those materials, school leaders' perceptions of instructional materials influence their decisions about how and how strongly to support teachers' material use. The authors address a gap in existing literature by identifying what school leaders regard as key…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education), State Standards
Wang, Elaine Lin; Silver, Daniel; Polikoff, Morgan; Woo, Ashley; Kaufman, Julia H.; Gittens, Allyson D.; Clay, Isabel – RAND Corporation, 2022
Since March 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed unprecedented stresses on the public education system in the United States. At every level, from the U.S. Department of Education down through local districts and individual schools, the pandemic has presented formidable challenges. Many of these challenges have been…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Language Arts, Barriers
