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Download full textResearch For Action, 2014
Funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and Math Design Collaborative (MDC) offer a set of instructional and formative assessment tools in literacy and math, which were developed to help educators better prepare all students to meet the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and succeed beyond high…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Teaching Methods, Formative Evaluation
Research for Action, 2010
Philadelphia made early investments in reforms designed to address the challenges of large neighborhood high schools, including supports for the critical ninth grade transition year. Well over a decade later, our research shows that freshman year interventions are frequently not implemented in ways that maximize their effectiveness. This policy…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, High Schools, At Risk Students, Grade 9
National Governors Association, 2008
High school students in the United States have been taking more challenging courses in recent years, but academic achievement has been stagnant. At the heart of the matter is the quality of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Some courses tend to be more challenging in name than in practice. High schools also have a history of autonomy that…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Improvement, Pilot Projects, Grade 10
CARROLL, WILLIAM E.; AND OTHERS – 1963
TEN SENTENCE PATTERNS ARE DISCUSSED FOR THE 7TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE LEVELS. THE PRIMARY AIM IS TO PERSUADE THE YOUNG WRITER TO EMPHASIZE HIS USE OF TRANSITIVE ACTIVE AND INTRANSITIVE COMPLETE VERB PATTERNS AND TO REGULATE HIS USE OF TRANSITIVE PASSIVE AND LINKING VERBS ACCORDING TO THEIR LIMITED AND HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS. SENTENCE FORM,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, English Instruction, Grammar, High Schools
GLATTHORN, ALLAN A. – 1960
THIS PUBLICATION IS A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR A GIFTED ENGLISH PROGRAM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE ENGLISH COURSE OF STUDY DESIGNED FOR SPECIAL CLASSES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS RATHER THAN FOR HETEROGENEOUS CLASSES WITH AN ENRICHED PROGRAM FOR THE GIFTED, PROVIDES FOR THREE MAJOR DIFFERENCES FROM THE REGULAR ENGLISH COURSE-DIFFERENCE IN PACE OR ACCELERATION,…
Descriptors: Acceleration, English Instruction, Gifted, High Schools
Long, Kim Martin – 1998
For a college educator who works with students seeking certification to teach English, supervising student teachers affords the opportunity to visit many schools in any given semester. In Pennsylvania, school districts fund their own schools (with very little state assistance), so there is immense diversity in terms of access to technology. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Uses in Education, English Instruction, High Schools
HAZARD, PATRICK D. – 1966
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REPORT WAYS OF ACCELERATING INNOVATION IN THE ENGLISH TEACHING. THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONNAIRES TO STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS AND A MAILING LIST OF OPINION LEADERS, PRIORITIES WERE ESTABLISHED, AND INNOVATIVE AND UNDERUSED PROGRAMS OF VALUE WERE COLLECTED. THE STUDY ALSO ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE REASONS FOR THE UNSATISFACTORY…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Communication Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
