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Barnett, Joshua H.; Hudgens, Tanée M.; Alexander, Jessica L. – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2016
For over a decade, researchers at NIET [National Institute for Excellence in Teaching] and around the country have studied TAP™: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement. This document summarizes recent internal and external research, including three new studies demonstrating TAP's effectiveness at raising student achievement, improving the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, Teacher Recruitment
Palmiter, Andrea S.; Arcaira, Erikson R.; White, Richard N.; Reisner, Elizabeth R. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2009
Since the 2003-04 school year, Save the Children, U.S. Programs, has supported programming designed to improve reading skills among struggling students in rural areas. The literacy program includes both afterschool and in-school interventions with small groups of children. These are implemented by well-trained paraprofessionals and are designed to…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Literacy Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1986
The State Department of Public Instruction of North Carolina has implemented a training program designed to increase the skills of principals, observer/evaluators, and others in the application of the Teacher Performance Appraisal Instrument (TPAI). This report focuses on the effectiveness of that training. In all, a total of almost 900…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Effectiveness, State Standards