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Singh, Parlo; Märtsin, Mariann; Glasswell, Kathryn – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This paper examines collaborative researcher-practitioner knowledge work around assessment data in culturally diverse, low socio-economic school communities in Queensland, Australia. Specifically, the paper draws on interview accounts about the work of a cohort of school-based researchers who acted as mediators bridging knowledge flows between a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, Educational Researchers, Student Evaluation
Cabrera, Kimberly Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Since the introduction of the Coleman Report (1966), the focus on closing the achievement gap has been a critical component of educational policy for political leaders and field research by educators. The economic crisis which California and the nation at large currently face creates a challenging situation in attempting to narrow the gap.…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Higher Education, High Schools, Teacher Effectiveness