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Greatness By Design: Supporting Outstanding Teaching to Sustain a Golden State

Summary

All schools deserve great teachers and principals. The report, Greatness by Design: Supporting Outstanding Teaching to Sustain a Golden State, presents recommendations intended, cumulatively, to create a coherent system that produces exceptional teachers and principals in California. This summary of the report provides policymakers, educators, and other stakeholders with a succinct overview of these recommendations.  more >

Price: $1.57 | Format: Print | Copyright: 2013
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Core to College Evaluation: Placing College Students in Courses for Credit

By: Kim Austin, Daniel Bugler, Neal D. Finkelstein, Becca Klarin, Susan Mundry, Marie Olson

Core to College, a three-year, multi-state initiative funded by the Lumina Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is designed to promote collaboration among K–12 and higher education systems in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and aligned assessments. This report examines the Core to College states' current course placement policies and practices.  more >

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Core to College Evaluation: Building Bridges through Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement

By: Kim Austin, Daniel Bugler, Neal D. Finkelstein, Becca Klarin, Susan Mundry, Marie Olson, Grace S. Park

Core to College, a three-year, multi-state initiative funded by the Lumina Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is designed to promote collaboration among K–12 and higher education systems in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and aligned assessments. This evaluation report examines strategies that support stakeholder engagement among the initial 10 states participating in the Core to College Initiative. more >

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A Climate for Academic Success: How School Climate Distinguishes Schools That Are Beating the Achievement Odds (Full Report)

By: Adam Voight, Gregory Austin, Thomas L. Hanson

This report describes a study that examines what makes successful schools different from other schools. The study adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that school climate is an important factor for school success, and investigates whether there is an association between climate and achievement and if school climate helps educators understand how a subset of schools is consistently able to beat the odds and perform better than its peers.  more >

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A Climate for Academic Success: How School Climate Distinguishes Schools That Are Beating the Achievement Odds (Report Summary)

By: Adam Voight, Gregory Austin, Thomas L. Hanson

A growing body of research suggests that school climate may be an important variable in explaining why some schools are more successful than others. This report contributes to this research by exploring the climate of a handful of secondary schools with extraordinary success (schools in which test scores are better than would be predicted based on their student characteristics) compared to that of other schools, including those that consistently underperform.  more >

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Assessment for Learning

What Policymakers Should Know About Formative Assessment

By: Martin Orland, Janice Anderson

Formative assessment in the classroom aims to reveal not just what students are learning, but how they are learning, with results used to inform instruction. This policy brief highlights the formative component of next-generation assessment systems and makes recommendations for state and federal policymakers. more >

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Understanding Formative Assessment

Insights from Learning Theory and Measurement Theory

By: Elise Trumbull, Andrea Lash

Formative assessment is intended to yield real-time information about if and how students are learning—and what might be impeding their progress. Insights gained from this ongoing classroom assessment process can help teachers shape instruction and guide student efforts as well. The effective use of formative assessment can add balance to assessment systems that, in recent years, have leaned heavily toward assessment for accountability purposes. more >

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Navigating the Landscape of Data Literacy: It IS Complex

By: Ellen Mandinach, Edith Gummer

There's much talk about using data to inform education decision-making, both in and beyond the classroom. But do educators and education decision-makers understand data and do they know how to use it? This white paper, written by WestEd's Ellen Mandinach and Edith Gummer, examines the landscape of data literacy, based on a meeting of the foremost researchers, professional development providers, and other stakeholders in the field of data-driven decision-making in education.  more >

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R&D Alert®, Vol. 14, No. 1

This issue of R&D Alert explores partnering with parents for student achievement, taking an alternate route to Algebra 1 success, confronting common math pitfalls head-on, and mentoring for teachers that supports a collaborative school culture. more >

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Interventions in Developing Nations for Improving Primary and Secondary School Enrollment of Children

A Systematic Review

By: Anthony Petrosino, Claire Morgan, Trevor Fronius, Emily E. Tanner-Smith, Robert F. Boruch

What does it take to get children into school and keep them there? Learn the effects of intervention programs designed to increase school enrollment in developing nations. more >

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REL West Research Digest: October 2012

Produced by: REL West

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is the focus of this issue of the REL West Research Digest. You'll find features, interviews, and resources to help state and local educators put CCSS into action. more >

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Challenges Around Capability Improvements in a System of Self-Managed Schools in New Zealand

By: Cathy Wylie

New Zealand, a small country of 4.3 million people, has a single national education system. This case study explores efforts to improve low-performing schools in this country, and describes the lessons learned and implications for other countries. more >

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Achieving an Education Revolution Through New Federalism in Australia

By: Brian J. Caldwell

Securing a higher level of performance in all schools in all settings has been a major priority of governments in Australia for nearly 40 years. This case study reviews school improvement efforts in Australia and offers recommendations for other countries.  more >

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Supporting Low-Performing Schools in Ontario, Canada

By: Don Klinger, Lesly Wade-Woolley

This case study explores Ontario, Canada's turnaround programs for low-performing schools and offers recommendations for other countries. more >

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Strategies to Challenge and Support School Performance in the United Kingdom

By: Simon Day, Sue Hackman

This case study explores the United Kingdom's approach to improving low-performing schools and presents lessons learned that could be applied in other countries.  more >

Format: PDF | Copyright: 2012