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Hines, Mary Beth; Conner-Zachocki, Jennifer – Teacher Development, 2015
This research study examines the impact of teacher research on participants in a large-scale educational reform initiative in the United States, No Child Left Behind, and its strand for reading teachers, Reading First. Reading First supported professional development for teachers in order to increase student scores on standardized tests. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Educational Research, Educational Change, Reading Teachers
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St. John, Edward P.; McKinney, Jeffrey S.; Tuttle, Tina – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
Action research involves researchers and practitioners in collaborative projects and provides a means of integrating evaluation into the reform process. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Inquiry
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Hines, Mary Beth; Conner, Jenny; Campano, Gerald; Damico, James; Enoch, Melissa; Nam, Daehyeon – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2007
Since the inauguration of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in the United States, with a billion-dollar budget to induce educational reform, American schools have been under the microscope for meeting accountability standards for students. The performance pressures have intensified as the consequences for not achieving academic…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Action Research, Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests