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Educators Collaborating to Improve Mathematics: Three Structures That Mattered in Math in Common Districts
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Perry, R.; Marple, S.; Reade, F. – WestEd, 2019
For school districts in California, just as one set of revolutionary new content standards is beginning to feel familiar, another deep change is brewing. Districts have now had more than five years to wrestle with how they implement the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) (NGA Center & CCSSO, 2010). Many have made large-scale…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, School Districts
The Network Solution: How Rural District Networks Can Drive Continuous Improvement
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Timar, Thomas; Carter, Allison; Ford, Nicodemus – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
Rural school districts face unique challenges in procuring funds, recruiting staff, and obtaining high-quality technical assistance. This environment creates problems in identifying high-quality instructional materials and implementing best practices. A collaborative learning network can address these challenges by providing access to professional…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Networks, School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education
Comparing Attitudes and Practices among Educators Serving Large Proportions of English Learners in California and Three Other States. Knowledge Brief
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Crane, Eric W.; Makkonen, Reino – WestEd, 2019
For several years, WestEd's Measure to Learn and Improve (MLI) project team has kept California state policy leaders informed about the statewide implementation of the California Academic Standards in English language arts and mathematics, by summarizing and disseminating results from the RAND Corporation's annual American Educator Panel (AEP)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Policy, Language Arts, Mathematics Instruction
What's a "MAARDAC"?
Turetzky, Joel A. – Tennessee Education, 1982
MAARDAC (Mid-Atlantic/Appalachian Race Desegregation Assistance Center), located at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville), is federally funded (Title IV of Civil Rights Act of 1964) to help local education agencies in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee solve problems connected with school desegregation. (LC)
Descriptors: Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Courts
Effects of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System: TAC Perspective.
Hansen, Joe B.; Oxford, Rebecca L. – 1979
A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of services offered by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory as a technical assistance center (TAC) to aid state departments of education and local school districts in implementing the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS). The data were also used to help establish priorities…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Changing Schools: The Language Minority Student in the Eighties.
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Teitelbaum, Herbert; And Others – 1982
A monograph for school district personnel and education agencies presents a comprehensive plan to address the legal and administrative complexities of implementation of services for language minority students, particularly in bilingual education programs. The first section sketches federal involvement in bilingual education and related programs…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Educational History