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Howard, Christy M.; Miller, Sam – Urban Education, 2022
This study evaluated five teachers from a middle school with a history of low-performances and high teacher turnover. This school participated in a reform program, Pay-For-Performance, where they received financial bonuses to increase performances on literacy and mathematics assessments. Additional requirements included participation in workshops,…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Merit Pay, Teacher Salaries, Incentives
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Ratner, Andrew R.; Kolman, Joni S. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
This article reflects a qualitative exploratory inquiry into the lived experiences of faculty members working within a system of urban schools of education as they supported diverse teacher candidates in completing the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) during its first semesters of high-stakes implementation. Drawing upon…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Educators, Schools of Education
Simon, Elaine; Foley, Ellen; Passantino, Claire – 1998
The focus of this report is the way standards are influencing instruction in Philadelphia classrooms and how the various parts of the system are working together to support standards-driven instruction at the classroom level. The 1996-97 school year was still an early one in the implementation of standards-based instruction in Philadelphia. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development
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Zavadsky, Heather – Journal of Staff Development, 2006
The Norfolk, Va., Public Schools began to close the gap with powerful learning, new instruction, and support.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Urban Education, Accountability, Educational Change
Macdonald, Maritza B.; Snyder, Jon – 1992
Findings of a case study that examined professional accountability in an elementary classroom are presented in this paper. Classroom observation, document analysis, and postobservation conferences were used to examine the practices and beliefs of one female teacher of second and third graders at a multicultural public elementary school in New York…
Descriptors: Accountability, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1972
Four Intensive Reading Instructional Teams (IRITs) consisting of a reading consultant, two master teachers, and a clerk typist provided intensive compensatory reading instruction for more than 500 Hartford third, fourth, and fifth grade students during the 1971-72 school year. The approach of the IRITs was geared to the concept of individualized…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Individualized Reading
Johnson, Joseph F., Jr., Ed.; Asera, Rose, Ed. – 1999
This report tells the stories of nine urban elementary schools that served children of color in poor communities and achieved impressive academic results. All of the schools used federal Title I dollars to create Title I schoolwide programs. In these schools, many important change efforts were enhanced through Title I education resources. Though…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Asian Americans, Educational Change